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GNC said:
The cat would have to be running in excess of 30mph to create tracks with that kind of space. Also note the 'hoof-shape'. Couldn't of possibly been a cat. If it were a cat, then he had only 2 feet, hoof-print shoes, and a jetpack.
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GNC said:
The front one may appear like a paw shape because thats where the creature reportedly slipped on the roof and some snow came off. You can see where the snow came off right below the bottom track. All the rest are normal hoofs as they would be. I'm not convinced it was the JD, just pretty sure.
the footprits are all from a right foot (the same right foot too from the looks of it) and it is a paw, not a hoof (much as I'd like them to be hoof prints because that would be truly strange). The toe to the right of the paw is there but not pushing as deaply into the snow as the one to the left or in the middle but there are definately at least 3 front toes on the paw.
don't know why all the prints are from the same foot, maybe the snow was quite tightly packed and the animal was pressing down harder on it's right hind paw, it could have been limping or lost it's left hindleg. If it was putting more weight on it's right hindleg it would also put more weight on the left had side of the paw that also explanes why the left and middle toes show up well in the print, it looks like it has snowed lightly sinse the prits were made too which may have covered up lighter prints.
Or it could have been a hoax, but had it been a hoax I'd have thought they'd have used more than one foot on a pole to do so.
don't know why all the prints are from the same foot, maybe the snow was quite tightly packed and the animal was pressing down harder on it's right hind paw, it could have been limping or lost it's left hindleg. If it was putting more weight on it's right hindleg it would also put more weight on the left had side of the paw that also explanes why the left and middle toes show up well in the print, it looks like it has snowed lightly sinse the prits were made too which may have covered up lighter prints.
Or it could have been a hoax, but had it been a hoax I'd have thought they'd have used more than one foot on a pole to do so.
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If you see the very crest of the roof, thats where the family said it landed down and you can see a larger indentation there so that kinda fits.
Also, Lord_Flashheart what do you think about the prints being perfectly hoof shaped? Theres a portion of snow standing up in exactly the fashion a hoof print would be. I'm speaking of every print besides the closest.
Third pic down is a water cooler the family said the creature stood on, and there are scratches all over it that are easier to see in person they said.
Also, Lord_Flashheart what do you think about the prints being perfectly hoof shaped? Theres a portion of snow standing up in exactly the fashion a hoof print would be. I'm speaking of every print besides the closest.
Third pic down is a water cooler the family said the creature stood on, and there are scratches all over it that are easier to see in person they said.
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GNC said:
Yep that settles it, but only if you can explain the size of the paws, and the distance between them. Thats a biped animal, otherwise you'd see twice the proximity of the footsteps. You have only 2 toes in all the prints, we have to throw out the bottom print because thats where the foot turned and almost slipped, making a very unreliable print. I propose that if it were the Jersey Devil, that it flapped its wings as it came down the roof, therfor somewhat floated down and didnt need too many footsteps. Even a biped would of had to be moving fast. An animal with 4 legs needs to be going about 30mph for that kinda distance in tracks. Even if it were moving 30mph, what kind of tigers does new jersey have which get on roofs, or tigers in general?
GNC I'm not shooting your ideas down, just adding my own is all.
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This distance is probably around 15 feet (4.57 meters) or more! Windows are normally at least 2 feet (.61 meters) across and I used that to judge. My idea is, that we have 4 footsteps and 15 feet of distance. WHAT ANIMAL CAN DO THAT without moving at a very fast pace (something an animal wouldnt do on a small trailer roof).
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Well, dont forget that it was a family with 2 small children. The kid who first saw the creature was shaken up about it. Could be some dimented parents trying to scare the living crap out of their kids by hoaxing a flying, horned beast. But who has that kinda time? 
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The house is only one story high so the tracks could have been made by a local wag on a stepladder with a dogs foot attached to a broom handle with duc tape playing a prank.
That is not however the most plausible explanation of the lot, I notice that another possible exlanation I gave, that it was an animal with a limp making the track, was ignored.
The scratches on the water cooler look like the sort that would be made by a dog with large claws scrabbleing to get perchace on it as it jumped from it.
looking at the track photo i got this:
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i dont think that parents would do something like that to there kids. it would scare them too much. it could be a big cat, and that would explain the scratchs. what kind of big cats do you get in the area, anyway.
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^^ yeah. If we follow the familys storey, then it couldn't have been a large cat, it was definetly a flying creature with huge footprints. They said it cleared the 85 foot space in mere seconds (a space between the treetops and the roof). I DO admit, that the family COULD have been liers, and even fooled their kids into beleiving that something huge with horns and "terrible eyes" flew across.
What do you all think about the possibility that the family hoaxed it and tricked their kids, just for some attention? I doubt it but its possible.
What do you all think about the possibility that the family hoaxed it and tricked their kids, just for some attention? I doubt it but its possible.
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yeah it could happen, but it's a lot of trouble of making the prints on the roof and the scratch marks. But yeah, there is always the possibility that it is a hoax with anything.
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The parents may not have neaded to trick thir kids if it were a hoax (it could have been a misidentifaction, an overactive imagination coupled with shadows, zooform phenomina a genuine crypid or an outright lie, there are many possible explanations) then the kids could well be in on it. You can have 2 different kinds of hoax, one perpetrated by a lone hoaxer (Some bloke saying "I've seen a ghost" when they haven't for example) or a kind of team effort hoax where a few people who are in on the hoax and can colaborate the story (the Cottingley fairy photographs for example).
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Lord_Flashheart said:Minor Drag said:
The house is only one story high so the tracks could have been made by a local wag on a stepladder with a dogs foot attached to a broom handle with duc tape playing a prank.
That is not however the most plausible explanation of the lot, I notice that another possible exlanation I gave, that it was an animal with a limp making the track, was ignored.
The scratches on the water cooler look like the sort that would be made by a dog with large claws scrabbleing to get perchace on it as it jumped from it.
looking at the track photo i got this:
Its in my opinion, that the right "toe" you pointed out isnt actually there. The "toe" you pointed out looks exactly like the rest of the snow on the roof. Now, look at some higher tracks. Theres an obvious 2 toed hoof in each one of those. Theres an absence of anything that could be considered a third toe. Even if it were 3 toes in your track, cats dont have feet like that. Look at some big cat prints....
cougar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - bobcat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tiger
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbvi ... e_snow.jpg
http://www.skullsunlimited.com/graphics/FP03.JPG
http://www.wildtrack.org/media/Sundarbans-Tiger.gif
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Devil Footprints? ".....smelled like singed hair...." "....the footprints are still there." photos of prints on carpet from coast to coast.
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page448.html
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page448.html
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This is my favorite cryptid, so its worth posting that I dreamed about the thing last night, scary as hell. I've read so many stories about it that I beleive what I visualised in my dream is very close to the real thing. It was terrible, I awoke thinking it was so horrible that I shall never venture to find it even tho I had loose plans of visiting the area in the near future. In the light of the day I'm still interested. Not sure how, because it was an awful figure;seemingly real because it was a vivid dream, with horrible giant eyes and horns, a man-beast running at a quick rate of speed thru the pine trees, teathered wings flapping and the hoofs clomping about. Gives me the chills.
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I was born and raised in tabernacle nj, smack in the middle of the pine barrens, camped every summer in chatsworth ( also in the pines) and spent a fair amount of time with various boyfriends in deerstands. Other then a few scary pineys ( local name for redknecks) and a few jersey jack stills, never saw anything to indicate the exsistence of the jersey devil. I am an avid fan of cryptozoology, but unfortunaly, i dont think this one is a reality. I lean towards the whole real estate scam theory. but, if i am wrong, i'll gladly eat my hat.
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Shortly before the legend of Mother leeds began to circulate, the pine barrens became a very hot realestate property . THe multiple underground streams with fresh water, the climate and the proximatey to the beach made it prime for commercialization. Fast forward to the present, because of the flora and fawna not found anywhere else but the pinebarrens of nj,it is protected from development. But, in the late 1800's early 1900's everyone wanted a piece of the land. Familes that had resided there for years were fearful of the encroachment on their farm land. Many court battles were fought. Then, the mother leeds story broke, a legend was born and superstitious surverors no longer wished to be out in the pines, which by the way is very dark and lonely, with lots of weird sounds to those that dont live there. Real estate dried up, no one was intereseted in building anymore and the rest is history. THere is a fantastic book called legends in the pines, that relays a good bit of the history with lots of historical documents to back it up. Well worth the read if you enjoy folktales, legends and a hint of cryptozoology.
