Dear Friends, Just as newspapers have a habit of reporting all sorts of fanciful and questionable stories about meteoritewrongs, they also have a habit of reporting stories about fossil “footprintwrongs” without really taking the time and trouble to verify their validity. The latest pseudofossil to make the news comes from British
Mysterious footprint found in Hudson's Hope, Energeticcity.ca - Aug 4, 2009 http://www.energeticcity.ca/fortstjohn/news/08/04/09/mysterious-footprint-found-hudsons-hope Forgotten footstep? Prince George Citizen, August 5, 2009 http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20090805206197/local/news/forgotten-footstep.html Did gardener find fossilized footprint? by Susan Lazaruk, The Province, August 7, 2009. http://www.theprovince.com/technology/gardener+find+fossilized+footprint/1864762/story.html http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.theprovince.com/technology/gardener+find+fossilized+footprint/1864762/1865689.bin Is Bigfoot's footprint preserved in stone? Calgary Herald, August 6, 2009 http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Bigfoot+footprint+preserved+stone/1864077/story.html The alleged footprint is just part of a rock that weathered and eroded faster than the material surrounding it. This resulted in a depression that vaguely looks like a footprint. It must have been a very slow news day. Paleontologists and geologists are plagued with pseudofossils just as much as people collecting and studying meteorites are plagued with meteorwrongs. Each year, I get numerous ones. However, as they say, a person has kiss a lot of frogs before they find either the prince or princess. Best Regards, Paul Heirnich ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
