It is my understanding that he did not HOAX prints. He MADE prints to see what difficulties a hoaxer would encounter, what the telltale signs of a hoax would be. That's a big, big difference. I am not aware of him trying to pass off any fake tracks as real .. ever. That is simply .. spin .. originated, as I understand it, by border patrol tracker who was brought in to debunk Paul's track find ... not investigate, mind you, but **debunk**. In other words, a paid character assassin.