Message #261840

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He described the print as being 'from the ring finger to the elbow of an adult', or twice the size of his own, but resembling a human foot.  Pictures: Andrei Alexandrov

The print was in clay, but had not been denuded by the heavy overnight rain. 'It seems that the one who left it was walking not long before we woke up.' He said: 'No-one heard any noises during the night, or maybe they couldn't because of rain.'

The father, from Novokuznetsk, took more pictures of the print and pinned the location - which is in the majestic Shorsky National Park - using GPS.

'We were a big group of four adults and three children  rowing from Ust-Kabyrza to Chuvashka. We arrived at our camp site in the evening and everything went normally,' he said. 'The children explored the surroundings, taking photos of everything. The adults were set up the camp site, and made dinner. During the night a strong warm wind blew and around 1 am it started to rain.'