Petrafaction Horror Stories

S2 Short 1. Mysterious fossil footprint


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A strange discovery made in Utah in 1968 is puzzling.  William Meister, an amateur fossil collector, found a rock near Antelope Springs in Utah and when he tapped the rock with a hammer and it fell open, he found what appeared to be a human footprint in the rock.  Additionally, the footprint contained a fossil of a trilobite, an extinct marine animal related to present day shrimp and crabs.  But they went extinct over 200 million years ago, so how did they end up in an apparent human footprint?  Humans have been around a mere 1-2 million years and have worn shoes/footwear only for the past few thousand years.  How is this even possible?  It isn't.  But the proof is literally in the rocks found at Antelope Spring.  Very Intriguing!

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"Strange Mystery of the Oldest Fossil Footprints!" by A Strange Mystery Archaeology, July 25, 2016

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