In the winter of 1855, after a heavy fall of snow, residents across a large area of the county of Devon, in the South West of the UK, awoke to find a mysterious trail of prints in the snow. Looking like an hoof, the single-file line of prints allegedly covered a distance of some 100 miles, ignoring obstructions in their path and continuing over high walls hayricks and even the roofs of houses. No satisfactory explanation has ever been given for the event, which became known as the Great Devon Mystery.
Although the case has been widely reported, interestingly it is not the only time that this has happened. Very similar lines of marks have been found in different parts of the world over the last 175 years or so. It's just that the other cases are much more obscure.
In this episode of The Folklore Podcast, creator and host Mark Norman compares and contrasts cases from 1840 through to 2009.
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Episode 137 - THE BEAUTY WITCH
Episode 136 - SCARLET
FOLKLORE IN THE FIELD - Diane Rodgers
Episode 135 - AFRICAN FOLKLORE
Episode 134 - VERGE
BONUS FEATURE: Lauren McMenemy
Episode 133: DEATH FOLKLORE IN 19th CENTURY ENGLAND
Episode 132: EXECUTION BALLADS
Episode 131: THE OTHER PATH
Episode 130: HOODENING
Episode 129: INTO THE FOREST
Episode 128: WILD
BONUS FEATURE: Camilla Bruce
Episode 127: RACHEL ANN HARDING
BONUS FEATURE: Stephen Volk
Episode 126: THE TRICKSTER
Episode 125: GIRLS' CARNIVAL MORRIS
Episode 124: SOUL OF A RAVEN
Episode 123: PETRIFIED
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