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We are in a draught and the lake's shoreline around me have receded significantly over the summer and fall.  I took the opportunity to walk my dog around one when I noticed a weird looking foot print.  This side of the lake is a fairly remote and hard to get to area and it was the only print I had seen.  Looking closely I noticed toes which I thought was really strange as the exposed shoreline is littered with sharp rocks, protruding limbs, and all sorts of garbage tossed out by fishermen.  Looking closer the front of the foot was much deeper than the heel and it had about a 6 foot stride.  I followed the trail off and on for maybe a half mile when I noticed the front and heel were now evenly depressed.  I concluded the person was first walking then proceeded to run for a short distance.  Running on this shore with bare foot is extremely insane because of all of the debris.  Then towards the end of the lake it randomly walks in to the muck for about 50 yards, circles back to relatively firm ground and proceeds in to the woods.  I could not imagine going out in to the muck with shoes let alone bare feet.  It rained pretty hard 4 days ago so the trail had to have been created prior to the rain.  I circled the lake's north side and saw a similar trail but much washed out which must have been created before the rain.  The pics are not great because of the lighting but it was pretty clear that they were not shoe prints and were made by something with a very flat foot and no visible midtarsal ridge.  The prints are not large, maybe size 10-11, but the depth was significantly deeper than I could make even jumping up and down.  Attached are some of the pics.  What do y'all think.    Also, this location is about a mile from a spot where my next door neighbor's son swore he saw a 5-6 foot bigfoot at night watching him ride his bike in their backyard last June.  He only saw it for a moment when he flipped on the bikes light.  I studied the location the next day and saw a couple signs of things out of place but nothing definitive other than someone/something took a lot of effort to build a hunting blind/nest 100 yards from the location and right by the lake.  

I think that is a real reasonable perspective.   There IS no perspective and there IS no telling what our court system might do.   I think it is a stone better left unturned .. at least until we know what is under it.   Maybe "they" do know and anticipation of the legal situation is why they won't talk about it.    Dunno.    All, in all directions, is all speculation unless you happen to be someone who is in a loop we don't even know exists with certainty.    There's a lot of logic to suggest it / support it but logic without substance, no matter how attractive, isn't evidence.

I have a stainless steel woodstove installed that just needs the chimney routed through the roof.  Tough to find the appropriate flashing for a 2.5" chimney on a flat roof.  I have a silicone boot designed for routing a chimney through a canvas tent for the inside.  Just hoping to find something more robust for the exterior surface. It's a step up from my tent and pop-up camper...

It qualifies for 'hard side camping'. And you can watch TV. A red ambulance RV must have massive room. Does your inverter allow you to operate a microwave oven?  "Parking heaters" are available for diesel powered vehicles and boats. I know of 2 brands common on boats and vehicles: Espar and Webasto. Both are over $1k and permanently installed. There is a member of this forum that has a parking heater on his diesel Land Rover. Very toasty warm. Another way is the portable unit placed on the ground with gravity feed of diesel from an elevated fuel jug. Winter is here, no need to subject your dog to a cold ambulance. Norseman might have some input in the way of dealing with his big rigs.

According to modern science? We (Homo Sapiens) were still in Africa 130,000 years ago.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerutti_Mastodon_site