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strange footprints

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  • 27-06-2010 11:50am
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    peter74
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭


    Last wednesday I came across strange footprints at the banks of Poulaphouca reservoir in Wicklow. l was not able to recognize them. l talk to few friends who are interested in wildlife, but same result. Maybe it is hoax. But it was on place where not too many people are going. Hundreds meters from the road.
    They are big in size. There is comparision with my shoeprint and l wear size 12.
    Coul you recognize, what could it be?


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    jack01986
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    Ive no idea big heron maybe? You should post this in the nature section as well?


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    peter74
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭peter74


    It is not a bird. they have only four fingers.


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    BoarHunter
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    a very big rat i'd say.


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    jack01986
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    peter74 wrote: »
    It is not a bird. they have only four fingers.

    I see...


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    ironbluedun
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    the lough ness monster having a mid week break in blessington??????? maybe he got a good deal 3 nights B&B and 2 dinners in the local hotel???


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    peter74
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭peter74


    ironbluedun wrote: »
    the lough ness monster having a mid week break in blessington??????? maybe he got a good deal 3 nights B&B and 2 dinners in the local hotel???

    Bless ness monster, alliens. Good idea to support tourism in Wicklow. Maybe l should become a guide for american tourists.;)


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    FarmerGreen
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    Looks suspiciously like a hand print.
    The heel part is spikey, like a thumb.


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    Degsy
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    If it had feet that large it had avery small gait,the prints are only a few inches apart and not arranged like proper tracks...unless of course the 'animal' hopped along with his feet together.
    An 'oax is my opinion.


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    FarmerGreen
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    Emperor penguin in stilletto healed sandals with an extra finger.
    Or a mutant Cassowary.
    Surprisingly dangerous little sods they are.


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    jay tipperary
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭jay tipperary


    peter74 wrote: »
    Last wednesday I came across strange footprints at the banks of Poulaphouca reservoir in Wicklow. l was not able to recognize them. l talk to few friends who are interested in wildlife, but same result. Maybe it is hoax. But it was on place where not too many people are going. Hundreds meters from the road.
    They are big in size. There is comparision with my shoeprint and l wear size 12.
    Coul you recognize, what could it be?

    they look like a hoax the heel looks too deep towards the front of the prints


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    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    Four toes - its a Dodo


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