[meteorite-list] Meteoritewrongs and Fossil Footprintwrongs

From: Paul <bristolia_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 05:24:32 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <698325.30737.qm_at_web36205.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear Friends,

Just as newspapers have a habit of reporting all sorts of fanciful and questionable
stories about meteoritewrongs, they also have a habit of reporting stories about
fossil ?footprintwrongs? without really taking the time and trouble to verify their
validity. The latest pseudofossil to make the news comes from British

Mysterious footprint found in Hudson's Hope, Energeticcity.ca - ?Aug 4, 2009?

http://www.energeticcity.ca/fortstjohn/news/08/04/09/mysterious-footprint-found-hudsons-hope

Forgotten footstep? Prince George Citizen, August 5, 2009?

http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20090805206197/local/news/forgotten-footstep.html

Did gardener find fossilized footprint? by Susan Lazaruk, The Province, August 7, 2009.

http://www.theprovince.com/technology/gardener+find+fossilized+footprint/1864762/story.html

http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.theprovince.com/technology/gardener+find+fossilized+footprint/1864762/1865689.bin

Is Bigfoot's footprint preserved in stone? Calgary Herald, August 6, 2009

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Bigfoot+footprint+preserved+stone/1864077/story.html

The alleged footprint is just part of a rock that weathered and eroded faster than
the material surrounding it. This resulted in a depression that vaguely looks like a
footprint. It must have been a very slow news day.

Paleontologists and geologists are plagued with pseudofossils just as much as
people collecting and studying meteorites are plagued with meteorwrongs. Each
year, I get numerous ones. However, as they say, a person has kiss a lot of frogs
before they find either the prince or princess.

Best Regards,

Paul Heirnich


      
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