This episode examines the Devil’s Footprints, a strange event reported across England in 1855, where a single line of hoof-like tracks appeared overnight in snow, rooftops, fields, and locked gardens. Witnesses described prints that crossed walls, rivers, and buildings without breaking stride. Was this a natural phenomenon, an elaborate hoax, or something far harder to explain- something that left its mark and vanished before dawn?
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🖼️ Image Attributions
• Jumping Kangaroo in Gan Garoo Zoo, Israel – CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo by Oren9985 (2022).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jumping_Kangaroo_in_Gan_Garoo_Zoo,_Israel.jpg
• Otis tarda (Great Bustard) – CC BY 4.0. Photo by Patrick Hacker (2022).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otis_tarda_181119858.jpg
• Fischotter (Lutra lutra), European Otter – CC BY-SA 3.0. Photo by Bernard Landgraf (2016).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fischotter,_Lutra_Lutra.JPG
• A winter visit to the Deadman River Falls – something big went that way (or was it coming this way?) – CC BY-SA 2.0. Photo by Murray Foubister (2014).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_winter_visit_to_the_Deadman_River_Falls_-_something_big_went_that_way_-_or_was_it_coming_this_way%3F%3F_%2815678745817%29.jpg
• Lympstone Church – CC BY-SA 2.0. Photo by Sarah Charlesworth (2009).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lympstone_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1208456.jpg
• Wood Mouse – CC BY-SA 2.0. Photo by Peter Trimming (2024).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_Mouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7878966.jpg
• Foraging Badger – CC BY 2.0. Photo by Charlie Marshall (2021).
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foraging_Badger1.jpg
• Red squirrel tracks, Yellowstone National Park – Public Domain. Photo by Neal Herbert.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_squirrel_tracks_%2815314171953%29.jpg
• Drain Plumbing Wall Exterior – Public Domain. Source: Pixabay (accessed January 2026).
https://pixabay.com/photos/drain-plumbing-wall-exterior-1454521/
• Dinornis (illustration by Sir Richard Owen) – Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dinornis1387.jpg
• William Stewart Mitchell D’Urban (portrait) – Public Domain. Source: Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery.
https://rammcollections.org.uk/collections-areas/collectors/
• Cover of The Birds of Devon by W. S. M. D’Urban – Public Domain. Source: Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/birdsofdevon00durb/mode/2up
• “The Illustrated London News” article (February 24, 1885, cropped) – Public Domain. Source: Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1855-02-24_26_729/page/186/mode/2up
• “The Illustrated London News” article (March 3, 1885, cropped) – Public Domain. Source: Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1855-03-03_26_730/mode/2up
• “The Illustrated London News” article (March 10, 1885, cropped) – Public Domain. Source: Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1855-03-10_26_731/mode/2up
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