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Photographs of human prints from Formby Point

Parallel male and female trails
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Parallel trails of a male (right), about 180cm tall, and a female (left) about 170cm tall
Detail - Female left
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Detail - Male right
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The pictures above were taken during a visit to the beach by Robert Macfarlane and inspired the section on the Formby Footprints in his book The Old Ways (see References and Reading)
Deformed feet
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Left and right deformed feet, possibly indicating ectrodactyly
Ten-metre long human footprint trail
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Adolescent male footprint
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Multiple human footprint trails
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Human footprints from Formby

© Gordon Roberts