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To: SunkenCiv
Footprints in Italy

Three primitive humans who scrambled down the volcano's slopes left their footprints fossilised in volcanic ash. One person left a track of 27 footprints in a zig-zag pattern, which probably made descent of the steep slope easier. Another track of 19 prints shows a gentle curve, but there are occasional palm-prints where the walker put a hand on the ground probably to avoid slipping. A third track of 10 evenly spaced prints forms a straight line. There are also two animal tracks, possibly made by big dogs or wolves.

The human footprints are about 20 cm long and 10 cm wide. Using the average foot length to height ratio of 15 per cent, this suggests the people who made the tracks were only about 135 cm tall (4' 5").

8 posted on 11/06/2008 7:09:16 PM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Wide, bare feet; 4’ 5” = GIANT HOBBITS!


10 posted on 11/06/2008 10:27:07 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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To: Fred Nerks

Compared to the size of the hiker’s feet in the photo, the footprints look much larger than “size 8”. They look like size 24EEEEE.


12 posted on 11/07/2008 4:29:53 AM PST by Renfield (Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
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