<I>Lycanthropes, or Grahll, are a mysterious bunch, and are rather good at eluding me. However, winter conditions provide remarkable evidence now and then. During a brief break in the weather, I took the opportunity to take a walk in the wintery landscape around my cabin. The typical traces indicating average car traffic and wildlife was evident, however, what astounded me were these tracks.

The first ones were those of a human... my guess is a girl, based off of the size of the foot. You can see my bootmark nearby. However, they quickly changed from that of a human, to marks resembling a wolf's only far, far larger. These tracks were by far the most clear, demonstrating a bipedal walk, guessing by the stride lengths. Other tracks were found, but many were obscured or smudged. However, those later tracks suggest quadrapedal movement, with the hind paws up near marks from front paws, with distinct fingerlike marks.

I nearly bloody froze to death taking measurements... the initial steps were about one to two feet apart, but later ones were approximately three feet. It seems that Grahll have long legs indeed. The final pawprint itself, in fact, was a full nine inches long. I lament that the prints were in snow rather than mud. If I were able to find one in mud, perhaps I could pour a plaster mold for further study.

Furthermore, I had hoped to get some more equipment to study the tracks, but the storm has started up again, and I fear that the tracks are already filled in by now. Perhaps some mysteries need to wait until other times. After all, I shoube be thankful to find any evidence that anything can transform like this. </I>

So... snow? Yeah. It's COLD when you're walking barefoot through it. Now, it's snowing outside, I have a nice warm cup of tea, and a fuzzy blanket. I miss making things like this. I really like the transient nature of natureworks and all.

::Laughs:: You know, when I was a kid I used to make dinosaur tracks (I thought I'd be a wooly t-rex or deinonychus. Who knew they'd later discover dinos had protofeathers?)

Anyway... One of these days, I'm going to make werewolf print making shoes... yay Hoaxes!