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The Devil's Footprints

Exe estuary, Devon

Hoof-shaped tracks run for miles across snow, walls and rooftops overnight.

After a snowfall in February 1855, people across south Devon woke to find a single line of hoof-shaped prints running for many miles. The tracks crossed rivers, went over high walls and roofs, and passed through narrow gaps.

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When
8–9 February 1855
Where
50.6840, -3.4660
Group
Unexplained

Visiting

Topsham and the estuary villages make a lovely walk.

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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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