Comments on: Mystery Tracks of Arkhangelsk

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:38:31 +0000

To quote from Twister- “Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wise.” I agree.

By: Rabbit

Rabbit — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:00:15 +0000

Are there even bears in the area?

They look fake to this rabbit. As others point out they are too regular, and the weight appears to have been placed evenly in and out of the print. No roll. A bear might walk like this if it was walking on all fours, but obviously this hasn’t been the case..

I think they’re fake.

By: captiannemo

captiannemo — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:55:11 +0000

The so called claw indentations go below the track itself in some of the prints.
some look like the may have been made after the track was laid.
Can you say sharp pointy stick?
I knew you could!

By: Capt. Jack

Capt. Jack — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:45:06 +0000

Just a quick thought - usually the “big toe” of bigfoot/yeti, etc. tracks appear to be noticably offset from the other four digits, which presumably reflects an earlier evolutionary stages of hominid development.

Lowdown is, these photos look exactly like an ordinary human footprint, albeit a little thin maybe? Toes, sole and ball all lined up nice and neat.

However, the claw indentations are really interesting. It’s not like yeti tracks captured in snow that can distort with melting, or bigfoot tracks in mud that can also change shape over time. (where’s a good sasquatch butt-print when ya need one) These look like sharp-edged “nail” marks on the ends of the toes.

A little scary to think of what this might be if it’s for real - It sure doesn’t look like yeti prints to me.

By: YourPTR!

YourPTR! — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:30:39 +0000

Yeah, looks pretty fake to me as well.

By: twblack

twblack — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:11:04 +0000

I think I vote for a fake on this one.

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:57:56 +0000

Not sure where the ‘not Yeti country’ comments are coming from.

Sasquatch type creatures are well known to have been reported before in this general vicinity of northern Russia. Some years ago there was a report at Kargopol at a Russian army barracks. That is not too far from Arkhangelsk (only 200 miles south) and before that there was a multi witness encounter on the Koli Penninsula (200 miles north west).

Reports of sasquatch type creatures are certainly not unknown in northern Russia.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:19:45 +0000

Unless this critter has found a place to get a pedicure, I have a little trouble believing that its toenails/claws would be completely symmetrical, and exactly the same shape on every phalange.

Even we get broken toes and busted toenails when we walk around barefoot (not that it stops me), and we’re not tramping through a Russian forest.

By: things-in-the-woods

things-in-the-woods — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:42:27 +0000

Compare 2 & 3, with 8 & 10. They’re not even vaguely alike. mystery_man is right; someone has just added ‘claw marks’ to normal human footprints- they just haven’t been bothered to do it consistently.

Still, no reason there shouldn’t be something in this part of the world- if you’ve got bigfoot in alaska, this ain’t so very different.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:11:49 +0000

They don’t look like the imprints of a particularly heavy animal. The size is not that fantastic either. My own shoe size is 30centimeters, so a big guy walking around barefoot could have made these and added on the claws as a prank. The claws in one picture look a little too perfectly shaped and placed to be real.