Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden

Subject: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: LadyJean
Date: 19 May 11 - 11:28 PM

I presume they were left by deer. I hope they were left by deer. The other alternatives are pigs, goats, or Satan.

Well, I can keep deer out of the garden with mothballs. Any ideas on how to keep out goats, pigs or Satan?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: J-boy
Date: 20 May 11 - 01:45 AM

Folk music.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: Stu
Date: 20 May 11 - 03:26 AM

This has happened before . . .

The Devil's Footprints

. . . and more recently . . .

Apologies for linking to the Daily Mail site, but it has a photo. Sorry.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 20 May 11 - 04:28 AM

It can't be Mr Tumnus, the faun (The Lion The Witch & The wardrobe). A BBC3 show on film bloopers showed that in the film his cloven hooves left shoe shaped footprints in the snow.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 20 May 11 - 08:56 AM

Any pics, LadyJean? Love to see them.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 20 May 11 - 11:13 AM

What about elk or moose? Do they have cloven hooves?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 May 11 - 11:16 AM

30.06 will work on all of them I think............

Spaw

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: kendall
Date: 20 May 11 - 12:17 PM

Does anyone still believe in Satan?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: GUEST,lively
Date: 20 May 11 - 12:23 PM

"Does anyone still believe in Satan?"

Isn't Satan (or however you name him/it?) pretty much essential to the Christian vision?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 20 May 11 - 12:59 PM

LadyJean, I'm wondering what size the prints are? Fallow deer and muntjac have quite small cloven hoofprints (Are you in UK?) Also, if they're deer prints, you'll see droppings as well, rounded pellets like giant rabbit poo. Please watch out for dreaded TICKS. Deer ticks both in USA and UK carry Lyme disease, a nasty thing to get. They sit in the grass and bite your legs. (I've had this happen!) It certainly was NOT Satan.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: gnu
Date: 20 May 11 - 02:10 PM

Nahhhh... them tracks are from a pair a pigeon-toed two-legged moose siamese twins. Any tracker worth his weight in salt would know that.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 May 11 - 02:42 PM

yaks? chamois?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cloven Hoofprints In The Garden
From: gnomad
Date: 20 May 11 - 06:18 PM

A Unicorn perhaps? (Apologies to Jas.Thurber)