Probably fake, but it could also be real.

ANN UNKNOWN—You have a point, there. Could have been foraging.

Also, snowmobile trails around here are both groomed and used by hundreds of sleds a day, so it would be very easy to not know exactly where something happened unless you had a GPS and marked it, or could remember the proper landmarks.

That being said, this is Wisconsin and I’ve noticed some very strange winter-wear being displayed. This includes some very long fur coats along with fur hats.

Here’s a notion. Why do the big guys always seem to be popping out of the bushes near lone cars, or snowmobiles, way out in the middle of nowhere? (An acute awareness of their controversial existence, plus a cruel sense of humor – excluded. ) Could it be related to the same reason that, when I ride along on my ol’ Spanish pony, way off in some grassy, alpine meadow, we always seem to acquire an entourage of assorted species of birds. We have even picked up a young, gray fox, tagging along in our wake, hoping for the chance mouse, startled by our passing, to break cover.

In late winter, as the foraging gets tougher, could BF be making use of the occasional mechanized passer-by in the same instinctual fashion, to flush out game that would otherwise remain hidden?

Just a thought.

As far as the “legs” crossing the path, its winter and its dark and they they see a fleeting glimpse in their headlights. Depending on how the light hit this object and whether or not the snowmobilers had a brewsky or two (is it safe to ride in the woods at night?) Could it not have been the back end of a bear they saw? I’ve caught quick glimpses of critters in poor light and thought they were bigger or something different from what they were. Then when I got a second, longer look it wasn’t exactly what I thought. We are subject to optical illusions in certain conditions.

Now if those guys had turned around and found the tracks, which it should have been fairly easy to spot a large trackway going across the path the story could have gone differently. I’m sorry but glimpses of something that seems odd don’t particularly impress me. Prolonged or repeated sightings of something odd especially by multiple witnesses are more noteworthy. And the physical evidence is the true make it or break it for what was seen. Where is that hair again?