[contemplator]

"Becaaaause, unless you have a Ph.D after your name you have no credentials and cannot get a hearing...."

History is full of stories about the little guy actually making a difference. Of course, if you have yourself convinced that you can't win and don't even try, then the naysayers have already won without having to lift a finger to justify themselves.

In this case, it sounds like a very small town. Maybe just getting a local reporter to do a little article about some 'mysterious footprints' found in the rocks in a local creekbed would be all that would be needed to get a little attention and at least get the rocks examined and dated.

[SandwicheGuy]

History is full of stories about the little guy actually making a difference. Of course, if you have yourself convinced that you can't win and don't even try, then the naysayers have already won without having to lift a finger to justify themselves

You are right, of course. It is just such an uphill fight, against redicule and scorn, that it scarcely seems worth the fight. But that is how the world progresses and I have nothing but admiration for those people. Thank you for pointing that out to me.

[gardengirl]

It wasn't even a small town-the nearest gas station was 10 miles away!

The point is-these footprints are by no means an isolated thing. Other people have the same thing in their creeks. Beating your head against the wall does no good.

The prints are far more commonplace than you would think.