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Attached is a photo with an inline track way. There were several factors that intrigued me about the track line. There were two bare foot individuals. One individual had about an 11-1/2" foot the other individual was about 7". The larger foot was keeping pace with the smaller foot. There was no hurry to the walk. So why do both track ways exhibit the inline walking characteristic? I can understand a case being made for a human track line, having an inline stepping pattern, if the individual were running. Running is not evident in this track way. I believe the steps were about thirty inches apart for the larger foot measuring from end of right heel to end of left heel. Also the second feature that has me puzzled is a flexible foot and a flat foot pattern exhibited in the same foot. When flexed, the foot measurement is 1-1/2"smaller than when the same foot is flat or not flexed. These track ways were discovered at a reservoir in the Cascade Mountains, in Washington State. The reservoir is depleted annually after labor day. I usually go to this spot after the lake level has dropped substantially and the weather turns cold. This does not eliminate the possibility that these track ways were made by a bare foot people. I have a subjective opinion about this but to say my observations are more than anecdotal would be fooling myself.

Speculating is a little like prospecting. Very few people hit a major lode. Most just scratch away, picking up a nugget here and a nugget there. Usually the only people who make out well are those who sell shovels to those who dig holes.