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The Book of the Damned
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Charles Fort
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It
is
said
that
the
marks
were
"generally
8
inches
in
advance
of
each
other."
"The
impression
of
the
foot
closely
resembles
that
of
a
donkey's
shoe,
and
measured
from
an
inch
and
a
half,
in
some
instances,
to
two
and
a
half
inches
across."
Or
the
impressions
were
cones
in
incomplete,
or
crescentic
basins.
The
diameters
equaled
diameters
of
very
young
colts'
hoofs:
too
small
to
be
compared
with
marks
of
donkey's
hoofs.
"On
Sunday
last
the
Rev.
Mr.
Musgrave
alluded
to
the
subject
in
his
sermon
and
suggested
the
possibility
of
the
footprints
being
those
of
a
kangaroo,
but
this
could
scarcely
have
been
the
case,
as
they
were
found
on
both
sides
of
the
Este.
At
present
it
remains
a
mystery,
and
many
superstitious
people
in
the
above-named
towns
are
actually
afraid
to
go
outside
their
doors
after
night."
The
Este
is
a
body
of
water
two
miles
wide.
London
Times,
March
6,
1855:
"The
interest
in
this
matter
has
scarcely
yet
subsided,
many
inquiries
still
being
made
into
the
origin
of
the
footprints,
which
caused
so
much
consternation
upon
the
morning
of
the
8th
ult.
In
addition
to
the
circumstances
mentioned
in
the
Times
a
little
while
ago,
it
may
be
stated
that
at
Dawlish
a
number
of
persons
sallied
out,
armed
with
guns
and
other
weapons,
for
the
purpose,
if
possible,
of
discovering
and
destroying
the
animal
which
was
supposed
to
have
been
so
busy
in
multiplying
its
footprints.
As
might
have
been
expected,
the
party
returned
as
they
went.
Various
speculations
have
been
made
as
to
the
cause
of
the
footprints.
Some
have
asserted
that
they
are
those
of
a
kangaroo,
while
others
affirm
that
they
are
the
impressions
of
claws
of
large
birds
driven
ashore
by
stress
of
weather.
On
more
than
one
occasion
reports
have
been
circulated
that
an
animal
from
a
menagerie
had
been
caught,
but
the
matter
at
present
is
as
much
involved
in
mystery
as
ever
it
was."
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