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Thanks, PNW. I'm not a flyweight, by any means. My prints were essentially leaving a bare trace. I'll see if I can find a photo. In the meantime, check out the fingerprints left on my car! Here ya go!

This video was great! I wish you would have shown your tracks and how much you were sinking in, though. Even though conditions could have changed the last day or so since the tracks were made. But, the fact that those BF tracks were sinking in twice as deep as the surrounding deer tracks, with a much larger surface area, tells me that the BF was significantly heavier than the average whitetail deer of about 130 lbs. I would guess at least a 400lb creature. I'm 6'2" with a size 13 foot, and my footprint is 10" long; very close to the track size you found. I weight just under 300lbs. So definitely a juvenile BF of about the same height could easily weight another 100lbs with all the muscle mass they are known for. Wow! Great find!

One of the questions regarding the PGF is how was it that Patty could leave a deeper impression in the sandbar than Roger's and Bob's horses. There was well-known poster here on BFF who did an experiment on a sandy beach and posted his results (and video or pictures I think). It turned out that his foot impression was deeper than a horse whose rider had it walk near his tracks. I was flummoxed how a heavy horse on small hooves would not be deeper that a much lighter person with larger feet. The moral of that story is that the mechanics of a foot's movement are far more important than the weight of the person/animal making the impression. I wish I could remember the BBF poster's name but cannot. It was a while ago.

I think I require a firefighter chaperone in the woods, because I AM ON FIRE. Stay tuned for today's adventure:)