Regardless of which way it went, it looks like it was a one-way trip.

If it was to the sea, the vehicle was either taken aboard the vessel, or (unlikely) abandoned in the water for the tide to take.

If it was to the woods, it’s probably still there somewhere.

It’s an island. There are only so many places it could be.

If I were there, I would check the woods very carefully. Even if it were not left there, there is likely some clues as to what it was being used to transport.

Did anyone bother to see if there were other tracks leading into/out of the woods someplace else?

Wheelbarrows are usually pushed, not pulled. But who knows what the custom is there? If the load was very heavy, it might be easier to have two people pull the handles of a wheelbarrrow than push it. If it had been pushed, there would be human footprints in the tire track.

I think it most likely that something heavy was pulled in a wheelbarrow from the woods to the sea. The load would be pulled into the water as far as possible (in order to get into water deep enough for a boat, maybe a lighter to transport it to a mother ship. A jib crane on the boat could pick up the wheelbarrow and deposit it on deck.

Maybe pirate treasure was buried in the woods?

The theory that it was a wheelbarrow with someone walking backwards while wheeling something out makes sense, but only if the boat took the wheelbarrow and the cargo. Otherwise, where are the return tracks of it?

Any knobby tire, except perhaps for a brand-new one, will have some irregularities on the faces of their tread knobs.

If the “circles” are closely examined for irregularities (surface features unique to each knob face) they will be repeated as artifacts of that particular knob. When two identical impressions are found in the track, measure the distance between the two impressions. Divide this distance by pi, and you will find the diameter of the tire that left this track.

Knowing the diameter of the tire that left this track would be a good clue as to what left it.

Why would a one-wheeled vehicle be used to transfer something between the woods and the sea? What is in one location that would need to be transported to the other? I think it is most likely that something was being transported from the woods to a boat. Wood? Fruit? Minerals?

Whatever, it was probably something fairly heavy, requiring the use of a high-flotation tire to prevent the vehicle from bogging down in the beach sand.

I think this story had absolutely nothing to do with a cryptid creature, but it is still an interesting mystery.

I am the guy who calls out the guy like you. Take a good look at what you posted. Your basically accusing people of being nonsensical for having an open mind about what lurks in our oceans. You sent the first “volley” of insults. I am not saying “anything” needs to be approved by me. But if you come on here bashing people for having open minds and dismissing evidence of every cryptid I am going to stand up to you and call you out. See you around the post boards and…..Stay Classy San Diego.

“LOL…. of course…. when its not a simple explanation, its a mysterious creature not yet known to man who did this?

this is a perfect example of people twisting reality into nonsense”

You can clearly see how the earth is disturbed between and around the knobby impressions. This would lead me to believe the track was made by something that had a lot of weight.

Maybe someone was rolling a heavy wheel with a knobby-treaded tire on it.

I’ve never seen centipede tracks. But I’ve seen a lot of snake tracks. They don’t look anything like this. Snakes move by an undulating movement of a series of plates on their bellies. It is not picking-up and putting down action that would be needed to leave a series of perfectly round impressions. As has been pointed out, a snake would leave a path that would look like something had been dragged.

In addition, snakes do not leave straight tracks. They move by positioning their bodies in a series of S-curves, then gain forward movement by straightening their bodies while their muscles push them ahead. The mechanics of snake movement would not allow a straight path.

If I were investigating this, I would check the forest where the track originated (or terminated). There may be some kind of excavation that would call for a wheel barrow with a high-flotation (low soil compaction) tire. Such a tire would be required for moving a load over soft ground or beach sand.

My pet theory would be a very large unicycle with a knobby tire.

you know… there’s always “THAT” guy…

you my friend, are that guy.

last time i checked this space is for comments and they dont say mr joshua approved comments.

Am I attacking anyone with my comments? No.

I mean really? go attempt to insult someone else with the “closed minded” comments.

yet you feel the need to attack me because I dont agree with MOST of the “evidence” thats put out.

classy pal.

real classy.

With all the other footprints surrounding the trackway, the footprints of whomever was moving this would be covered over.