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From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: To Larry Bickford [open letter]
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 15:53:30 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 14 15:53:30 1985
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> 
> There is a palentologist who works for one of the larger museums (I don't
> have his name or museum here at the moment, I can get it if you like) who
> was called in by members of one of the creationist groups to inspect the
> site you're talking about.  What he discovered, is that these 'man tracks'
> were in actuality the heel print of a dinosaur who was walking in a direction
> 90 degrees from that which the creationists assumed.  He followed these
> tracks and discovered other tracks which were fuller, and showed the
> rest of the dinosaurs footprint (something to do with the incline, or
> characteristic of the mud etc. caused only the heelprint to show in
> some areas).  However, the palentologist realized that the creationists
> were not looking for identification, but verification, as they refused
> to accept his explanation.  Some time later, when the palentologist
> was in the area, he decided to re-visit the site to show a friend the
> 'man tracks'.  When examining some of the SAME prints he had earlier
> observed, he noticed they had suddenly grown TOES!  He refused to
> point any fingers, and suggested they perhaps were added by mischevous
> teenagers.
> 
> Keith Doyle

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Keith, I would be *very* interested in having a name to attach to this
anecdote, and I imagine others would too.

"Don't argue with a fool.      Ethan Vishniac
 Borrow his money."            {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan

*Anyone who wants to claim these opinions is welcome to them.*