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	<title>Comments on: Maine&#8217;s &#8220;Fossilized Bigfoot Tracks&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Dr Tachyon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dr Tachyon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 06:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;they are just sedimentary rock.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They're not even that, they look to be staurolite mica schists, likely weathered smooth in a stream bed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Schists are rocks produced by fairly high grade metamorphism (heating and pressure) of fine-grained sedimentary rocks until the clays recrystalize to mica grains and iron and manganese silicates grow into staurolite crystals.  Staurolites often, but not always, grow in the shape of little crosses, hence the name.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geology.neab.net/pictures/rock439.jpg" rel="nofollow"&gt;Here's a photo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not sure where Mr. Martin found his rocks in Maine, but my guess would be somewhere in the southern half to two-thirds of the state.  This portion is pretty much all within the Peidmont physiogeogrpahic province of the Atlantic Coast and consists mostly of metamorphic rock and igneous intrusions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/pubs/online/bedrock/bedrock11x17.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;Simplified Bedrock Geologic Map of Maine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dr. Tachyon
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>they are just sedimentary rock.</em></p>
<p>They&#8217;re not even that, they look to be staurolite mica schists, likely weathered smooth in a stream bed.</p>
<p>Schists are rocks produced by fairly high grade metamorphism (heating and pressure) of fine-grained sedimentary rocks until the clays recrystalize to mica grains and iron and manganese silicates grow into staurolite crystals.  Staurolites often, but not always, grow in the shape of little crosses, hence the name.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.geology.neab.net/pictures/rock439.jpg" rel="nofollow">Here&#8217;s a photo</a>.</p>
<p>Not sure where Mr. Martin found his rocks in Maine, but my guess would be somewhere in the southern half to two-thirds of the state.  This portion is pretty much all within the Peidmont physiogeogrpahic province of the Atlantic Coast and consists mostly of metamorphic rock and igneous intrusions.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/pubs/online/bedrock/bedrock11x17.pdf" rel="nofollow">Simplified Bedrock Geologic Map of Maine</a>.</p>
<p>Dr. Tachyon</p>
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		<title>By: Kathy Strain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathy Strain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 02:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Those "footprints" remind me of the pointy rocks people bring me and insist are projectile points.  Bill - those aren't prints, casts, or fossils...they are just sedimentary rock.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Those &#8220;footprints&#8221; remind me of the pointy rocks people bring me and insist are projectile points.  Bill - those aren&#8217;t prints, casts, or fossils&#8230;they are just sedimentary rock.</p>
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		<title>By: bill green</title>
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		<dc:creator>bill green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 04:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hey everyone this is a wonderful article those photos of maine sasquatch footprints plaster casts are very inpressive.  thanks bill :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hey everyone this is a wonderful article those photos of maine sasquatch footprints plaster casts are very inpressive.  thanks bill <img src='http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>By: Nicholas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nicholas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 19:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmmmmmmmmm... yeah...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmmmmmmmm&#8230; yeah&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: sausage1</title>
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		<dc:creator>sausage1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 19:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Arts Foundation Course; 3-Dimensional work.  Bare pass at top.

But fossilized footprints??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Arts Foundation Course; 3-Dimensional work.  Bare pass at top.</p>
<p>But fossilized footprints??</p>
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		<title>By: qumrum</title>
		<link>http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/fossil-ftprints/#comment-30174</link>
		<dc:creator>qumrum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 17:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.</p>
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		<title>By: wildmanmarty</title>
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		<dc:creator>wildmanmarty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 06:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Ducksquatch"......I love it! Thanks for that one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Ducksquatch&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;I love it! Thanks for that one.</p>
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		<title>By: Ceroill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ceroill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 01:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok. They're odd all right. That's about all I can say at this point, I think.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok. They&#8217;re odd all right. That&#8217;s about all I can say at this point, I think.</p>
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		<title>By: IMAdamnALIEN</title>
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		<dc:creator>IMAdamnALIEN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 00:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm, I guess Bigfoot didn't have toes back then,  maybe he was more like a Ducksquatch. These "fossils" don't look like anything special.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm, I guess Bigfoot didn&#8217;t have toes back then,  maybe he was more like a Ducksquatch. These &#8220;fossils&#8221; don&#8217;t look like anything special.</p>
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		<title>By: monkeyz</title>
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		<dc:creator>monkeyz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 00:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ummm.  hmph.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ummm.  hmph.</p>
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