[Adjuster]

Originally Posted by ca survivor

I have experienced the apposite a small foot print in the mud from a woman or young person, a few times on different occasions ????? why barefooted away from any camps site locations.

Interesting that you don't mention the possibility of an adolescent Bigfoot???!




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[Eurodriver]

Originally Posted by glockrod

had to go back up to the top to see if Eurodriver

[SMOKEin]

Two left feet?

[Dennis in MA]

Originally Posted by ca survivor

I have experienced the apposite a small foot print in the mud from a woman or young person, a few times on different occasions ????? why barefooted away from any camps site locations.

Horny nymphs. You are hunting the wrong prey.

[nmk]

I give you a C+.

[G21FAN]

Originally Posted by SMOKEin

Two left feet?

This....

[vart]

http://www.isu.edu/~meldd/fxnlmorph.html

Conclusions
Human walking is characterized by an extended stiff-legged striding gait with distinct heel-strike and toe-off phases. Bending stresses in the digits are held low by selection for relatively short toes that participate in propulsion at the sacrifice of prehension. Efficiency and economy of muscle action during distance walking and running are maximized by reduced mobility in the tarsal joints, a fixed longitudinal arch, elastic storage in the well developed calcaneal tendon, plantar aponeurosis and deep plantar ligaments of the foot.
In contrast, the Sasquatch appear to have adapted to bipedal locomotion by employing a compliant gait on a flat flexible foot. A degree of prehensile capability has been retained in the digits by maintaining the uncoupling of the propulsive function of the hindoot from the forefoot via the midtarsal break. Digits are spared the peak forces of toe-off due to the compliant gait with its extended period of double support. This would be a efficient strategy for negotiating the steep, broken terrain of the dense montane forests of the Pacific and Intermountain West, especially for a bipedal hominoid of considerable body mass, The dynamic signatures of this adaptive pattern of gait are generally evident in the footprints examined in this study.