"there was a well known guide and mountain man, named David Thompson, who mapped routes in B.C. and other parts of Canada in the 1880's........long before some of you guy's "my buddy's uncle's cousin who is 6'6" put on big shoes and walked in the snow to play tricks"....came across huge barefoot prints in a river bank so far from civilization that it puzzled him and he wrote about it in his journals." - Quote



I was actually going to make the same point. David Thompson was one of the first white men to enter the Pacific Northwest. He was a famous mapmaker and was known for his detailed and accurate maps and daily journals. The French men who were with him were big game hunters and wanted to follow whatever this thing was but the indian guides that were with the group would not allow it as if they seemed to know what it was. The bizarre fact was that it had no hind feet, only front feet. This occured in 1811. Side point is that the Thompson River is named after him though he never saw it.