Mystery track
February 3, 2015 5:59 PM
What the hell left this print on a piece of snow by our front door? (Boston area.)
Someone wearing Bearpaw brand boots.
Look at the bottom of the boot on that page.
posted by Adridne at 6:03 PM on February 3, 2015
Look at the bottom of the boot on that page.
posted by Adridne at 6:03 PM on February 3, 2015
What's the scale? I was going to say a bear paw (they have very human-like hands), but depending on where you are and what the size is, it might not be.
posted by blnkfrnk at 6:06 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by blnkfrnk at 6:06 PM on February 3, 2015
The single large pads and then the claws that don't seem to be associated with any pads at all is pretty odd. I'm not seeing anything that looks like that.
posted by alms at 6:09 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by alms at 6:09 PM on February 3, 2015
To clarify -- it's a small print, maybe an inch, inch and a half long, and there was no sign of other markings from a boot. Couldn't find this on any charts.
posted by Behemoth at 6:09 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by Behemoth at 6:09 PM on February 3, 2015
That looks like the back of a boot print, the rest is on the rest of the snow, or a tiny hellbeast.
posted by vrakatar at 6:14 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by vrakatar at 6:14 PM on February 3, 2015
It's not an animal print. I'd guess it's some snow that was compacted on the underside of a boot that fell out in one piece.
posted by hydrobatidae at 6:15 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by hydrobatidae at 6:15 PM on February 3, 2015
Definitely Bearpaw brand. Look at their logo. Identical.
posted by Cygnet at 6:22 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by Cygnet at 6:22 PM on February 3, 2015
Yeah, my immediate impression when I saw the pic was "That's not from an animal, it's too perfect. It's some kind of a stamp." So the logo on the bottom of a boot makes perfect sense.
posted by MexicanYenta at 6:56 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by MexicanYenta at 6:56 PM on February 3, 2015
Is the snow around it hard and compressed or soft and powdery?
posted by aubilenon at 7:14 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by aubilenon at 7:14 PM on February 3, 2015
Ok, so, with this new guidance we discovered that one pair of wife's boots is actually a Bearpaw, with the paw positioned in just such a way as to make a nice piece of snow with no other boot marks nearby.
posted by Behemoth at 7:50 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by Behemoth at 7:50 PM on February 3, 2015
The print is from your wife.
posted by Gomez_in_the_South at 7:59 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by Gomez_in_the_South at 7:59 PM on February 3, 2015
It's coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!
posted by a humble nudibranch at 8:37 PM on February 3, 2015
posted by a humble nudibranch at 8:37 PM on February 3, 2015
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