Yowiehunters Forum

Dion wrote:Hi Paul

IMO.... the track you have found may be 5 toed its just that the 5 toes are not showing, I think what you are referring to as 3 toes is or has been made by something else?

Could be wrong though. There is a noticeable arch in the print suggesting that it is a barefoot.

In regards to the moon rock I would doubt it somehow, something that big would have lit up the night sky as it entered the atmosphere.

Looks like a nice area.

Jim wrote:If that is quartz in the rock you found then it's not a meteorite.

Quartz is formed under very specific conditions in the earth's crust, generally not on meteorites.

Simon M wrote:It's difficult to know with those three-toed tracks - I suspect it's something to do with how they walk, or (more specifically) how their toes are grouped when they walk. I doubt there are three-toed varieties of Yowie/Junjadee, but there is something about the way they walk in certain conditions that creates those tracks. Perhaps they have larger and more articulated toes that are more like those of an ape than ours are? Maybe they group them like that while walking through mud to help them balance and not slip or get bogged down in it?

Jim wrote:If that is quartz in the rock you found then it's not a meteorite.

Quartz is formed under very specific conditions in the earth's crust, generally not on meteorites.

Tim* wrote:Hi Bassplyr

I think the depth of the heel impression would indicate whatever it was, was walking upright. Had it been on all fours, the forefoot would be more pronounced and the heel less so.
Unless these prints were accompanied by yowie related activity, it's safe to assume they are human.

paulmcleod67 wrote:

Tim* wrote:Hi Bassplyr

I think the depth of the heel impression would indicate whatever it was, was walking upright. Had it been on all fours, the forefoot would be more pronounced and the heel less so.
Unless these prints were accompanied by yowie related activity, it's safe to assume they are human.

The track displays an interesting weight distribution for it size as scaled by the standard BIC lighter in frame.
Notice the sandy substrate that has been pushed to the right and piled quite high?

I tried to reproduce this effect and whilst the sand was dry when I was there I could not reproduce the piling.

I read the print as moving forward at speed and by the weight shift, beginning to turn to the right...pushing the wet sand in effect.

Now I'm no expert but would that not indicate by size and weight distribution that a small and very heavy body had made this very hominid track?

Someone just running/leaping and thus coming down with more force? Human kids do that.

Maybe it was made by a 200kg fat kid? (I'm joking of course).

gregvalentine wrote:

paulmcleod67 wrote:

Tim* wrote:Hi Bassplyr

I think the depth of the heel impression would indicate whatever it was, was walking upright. Had it been on all fours, the forefoot would be more pronounced and the heel less so.
Unless these prints were accompanied by yowie related activity, it's safe to assume they are human.

The track displays an interesting weight distribution for it size as scaled by the standard BIC lighter in frame.
Notice the sandy substrate that has been pushed to the right and piled quite high?

I tried to reproduce this effect and whilst the sand was dry when I was there I could not reproduce the piling.

I read the print as moving forward at speed and by the weight shift, beginning to turn to the right...pushing the wet sand in effect.

Now I'm no expert but would that not indicate by size and weight distribution that a small and very heavy body had made this very hominid track?

Someone just running/leaping and thus coming down with more force? Human kids do that.

Maybe it was made by a 200kg fat kid? (I'm joking of course).

Tim* wrote:I tried to reproduce this effect and whilst the sand was dry when I was there I could not reproduce the piling.

Thats the problem Paul. You won't get the same result in the dry. You won't get the same level of displacement as in wet soil. So any 'test' done in the dry is useless. You definately wont get the spill over, or piling as you called it, in the dry.

As for the toes being unusual. The bevelling effect you can see if you look at the inner arch, may suggest the foot has slid laterally. An effect you might expect to see while 'cutting' as you run, shifting the weight to the outside of the foot. This would also be consistent with the spill over on the outside of the print.
As the toes dont laterally move independently of the foot as a whole, you would expect to see smearing of the toe prints.

So more than likely the result of a running child. Just my opinion

paulmcleod67 wrote:

Simon M wrote:It's difficult to know with those three-toed tracks - I suspect it's something to do with how they walk, or (more specifically) how their toes are grouped when they walk. I doubt there are three-toed varieties of Yowie/Junjadee, but there is something about the way they walk in certain conditions that creates those tracks. Perhaps they have larger and more articulated toes that are more like those of an ape than ours are? Maybe they group them like that while walking through mud to help them balance and not slip or get bogged down in it?

It may just be a very young toddler yowie?

I'm fairly sure it wasn't made by a bare foot child as the area has a ton of stinging nettles. I got zapped many times even moving around with great care.

I have to add that my dog was acting screwy the whole time we were there as well.

Cheers mate

Tim* wrote:Also don't know about being a juvenile. Whilst it's hard to guage size without some type of scale, it looks very thick/heavy set.