id say its proof positive that the good ol’ boys in NT have a sense of humor.
Well, them good ol' boys did a damn good job of fooling the paleontologists. They've never been able to successfully refute the validity of that find.
In fact, the rock bed containing the tracks was originally partially covered by a large bluff of younger rock and stone. When the paleontologists dug into it to reveal more of the track bearing layer, they discovered that the tracks continued underneath.
Texans can be ingenious, but not quite that ingenious.
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I'd say that it is proof positive that a fraudster named, "Reverend" Carl Baugh came to Glen Rose, intending to make his fortune off of gullible tourists.
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The dinosaur track-bearing layer is beneath a 14"-18" thick limestone layer.
My wife's family is from Glen Rose. One Sunday afternoon, my devout, but gullible, FIL drove me out to the McFall site on the Paluxy River to show me where he had "used [his] Cat trackloader this week" to remove that layer "to help that 'Man of GOddd' prove that man walked with the dinosaurs".
He proudly showed me a big, limestone "overburden" slab that he and his Cat had flipped over and pushed toward the south bank. On its vertical face was mounted an (obviously, pre-cast) bronze plaque, proclaiming:
(BTW, no one I know accuses "Reverend" Carl Baugh -- who built, and [AFAIK] still owns and operates the nearby [for-profitable-fee-only] "Creation Museum" -- of being modest...)
We were in a drought, but atop (the underside of) that slab, I spotted a puddle of muddy water -- shaped roughly like an oversized human footprint. (The Paluxy is crystal clear...)
I felt the inside of it, and... voila!" -- fresh, sharp chisel marks, obscured by the mud! FIL didn't believe me -- until I scooped out most of the water, and asked him to see and feel the evidence, for himself.
Then, I "lowered the boom" on Baugh:
There's much more to the story (including another "man track" debunked that day) -- but, the trip ended with:
[TXnMA:] "The God I worship and His Word I read have no need of fakers and liars to "'prove' that what they say is true! This place reeks of evil! I'm outta here!!" {heads for the truck..}
FIL stands there a few minutes longer, looking around and shaking his head -- then gets in the truck and heads home.
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That was one long, quiet ride back to "the home place"...