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Word: footprints (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gradually I began to realize that the room had become filled with an extraordinary odor, an odor of putrifying blood and rotting flesh, the odor and breath of a hyena." When day comes he looks out and sees "stamped in the dust of the threshold, two indents- one the footprint of a man; and the other the padded dog's spoor of an erect hyena. I knelt and examined them both closely. There was no mistake about it. One foot was a foot with toes; the other a foot with claws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Africrescendo* | 8/25/1924 | See Source »

Strange three-toed tracks were found on blocks of sandstone on a farm six miles from Leesburg, Va., quarried to make a walk on the estate, formerly owned by President James Monroe. Smithsonian Institution scientists, investigating, declared it the footprint of a dinosaur's hind-leg, the fourth toe being too short to make an impression. Further digging in the quarry may reveal new finds. Comparatively few traces of dinosaurs have been found in the Eastern states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Digging | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

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