It snowed a bit yesterday, and then sort of sleeted and rained a bit on top, then froze in the morning. So overnight passers-by had their footprints preserved. Whose are these?
Isn’t it cute how the two of them ambled along side by side?
They’re actually fairly big. On the other hand, whatever-it-was managed to squeeze under our back gate, which is at most six inches off the ground. I’m betting raccoons.
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From: Brian LeRoux (Jan 28 2008, at 00:29)
Yup them are 'coon tracks. Wow, I can't believe of all the knowledge you've contributed here this is the first time I've deigned to weigh in.
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From: Harold (Jan 28 2008, at 01:48)
Clearly your back yard is infested with Yetis.
Or it could be raccoons http://www.bear-tracker.com/coon.html but that is much less interesting.
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From: Lucian Pintilie (Jan 28 2008, at 05:12)
Hello,
The first result given by Google when searching for "raccoon footprints" is http://www.bear-tracker.com/coon.html, which looks pretty much like your picture. What convinces me is not the the actual prints left by the hind and front feet, but the way they are paired: one front foot print next to a hind foot print.
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From: jeremy hunsinger (Jan 28 2008, at 05:51)
yes, raccoon tracks. they like shiny things and garbage...
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From: Mike Bowler (Jan 28 2008, at 07:07)
Looks like raccoon tracks to me and six inches is more than enough room for one of them. For a large animal, they can squeeze through some pretty small spaces.
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From: Kevin Lipe (Jan 28 2008, at 07:37)
Yeah, down here in Memphis we've got tons of raccoons, and tracks like these are plentiful around everyone's outdoor garbage cans.
I bet that little fella was cold, though.
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From: Paul Clapham (Jan 28 2008, at 08:23)
The raccoons can climb over your fence, too. They didn't have to squeeze under that 6-inch gap (although they could do that).
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From: Josh Peters (Jan 28 2008, at 13:02)
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These tracks are side by side. Raccoons always ride single file to hide their numbers.</obi-wan>
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