Local residents of Shenmu County in China's Shaanxi Province consider a mountain cliff named "Dragon Head" to be a mysterious forbidden place due to some huge footprints of unknown origin. They believe those footprints are the traces of their ancestors or even some gods from Heaven.
Along with the addition of various fictional details, the story of those footprints began spreading to others, and finally caught the attention of reporters, archaeologists and other experts. After careful investigation, they eventually were able to unlock the true story.
Local legends surrounding the footprints started back in 1967, when a man surnamed Qiao went to quarry some stones around his village. When he raised a piece of stone on a cliff, he found a pit in the shape of footprint. Then, he called his neighbors to clean all the stones on the cliff, and they found a line of footprints heading to the edge of the cliff. The scene totally shocked Qiao and his neighbors, and the stories of those special footprints started spreading after that.
Each of the footprints is about 40-centimeter-long, which is much longer than normal people's feet. And if those footprints belonged to a human, then they would be as tall as three meters according to the normal ratio of height and length of feet.
Then who left those footprints anyway? And have any similar situations happened before?
Various theories emerge:
Bigfoot monsters?
Since some footprints that may be linked to a Bigfoot-like monster of legend were found in the Shennongjia region in China's Hubei Province, investigators thought these footprints might have been made by something similar.
However, after checking books, investigators found the biggest footprint found in Shennongjia region is just about 30 centimeters, which is much smaller than these. Clearly, the footprints in the two different places do not belong to the same kind of creature.
Considering the footprints are embedded in the stone, they must be ancient.
Along with the addition of various fictional details, the story of those footprints began spreading to others, and finally caught the attention of reporters, archaeologists and other experts. After careful investigation, they eventually were able to unlock the true story.
Local legends surrounding the footprints started back in 1967, when a man surnamed Qiao went to quarry some stones around his village. When he raised a piece of stone on a cliff, he found a pit in the shape of footprint. Then, he called his neighbors to clean all the stones on the cliff, and they found a line of footprints heading to the edge of the cliff. The scene totally shocked Qiao and his neighbors, and the stories of those special footprints started spreading after that.
Each of the footprints is about 40-centimeter-long, which is much longer than normal people's feet. And if those footprints belonged to a human, then they would be as tall as three meters according to the normal ratio of height and length of feet.
Then who left those footprints anyway? And have any similar situations happened before?
Various theories emerge:
Bigfoot monsters?
Since some footprints that may be linked to a Bigfoot-like monster of legend were found in the Shennongjia region in China's Hubei Province, investigators thought these footprints might have been made by something similar.
However, after checking books, investigators found the biggest footprint found in Shennongjia region is just about 30 centimeters, which is much smaller than these. Clearly, the footprints in the two different places do not belong to the same kind of creature.
Considering the footprints are embedded in the stone, they must be ancient.
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