Mysterious Footprint

 

Spitfire and Merry just sent me these very alarming photos. It is a three toed footprint much bigger than themselves. The creature who left it was so heavy and strong, it made the print in solid stone!!! They found this foot print less than a mile from the Woodpile. Not surprisingly the entire Woodpile is in a panic. (It doesn’t help that the Friday night movie was the classic film Godzilla.) We decided to mount a scientific expedition to discover who left it.

We started at the Greenwood Library. We learned that birds have three forward facing toes and one backward facing toe. This was  the closest thing we could find in the field guide on animal tracks. Our expedition next headed for the local bird sanctuary. We wanted to measure the size of the largest bird we could find.

This white egret showed us her large feet. Measurements proved they were only 1/20 the size of the footprint we found. This was not very reassuring.

We consulted this sea gull who rudely stuck its tongue out at us and told us to get lost.

Another gull couldn’t stop laughing at our questions.

We found this strange creature washed ashore. It wasn’t listed in any of our field guides. This didn’t help our frayed nerves.

A local Piping Plover reassured us it was just a piece of “drift wood” and quite harmless.

Mrs. Tern who was sitting on her nest recommended we consult an owl. They were supposed to be wise.

After several miles of tramping through uncharted territory we finally found the wise owl. He said “Who goes there?” and then laughed. (I Think this is some sorta owl joke.) We introduced ourselves. It turns out he is a big fan of my blog. His answer to our question was rather cryptic – “Go to the library and find a book on dinosaurs.” Our expedition came full circle back to where we started, the library. My readers will be happy to learn the footprint is 65 million years old and poses no threat to the Woodpile.