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- Find enclosed the translated article recently published
by the newspaper 'Journal de Montréal' on the strange footprints
discovered in the Quebec forest by a wildlife specialist.
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- Following the recent publication of an article in the
Journal de Montreal about the discovery of strange holes and mysterious
beings, the Quebec Association of Ufology received a call from 3 people
who claimed they had discovered the footprints of an animal not known to
any specialist. We must stress that those 3 people are themselves expert
in the field of tracking forest animals, having spent a large part of their
lives in the forest.
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- Their incredible adventure begins on November 14, 1997
when the three witnesses decided to help out a friend who wanted to clear
a snowmobile track in the forest. It was snowing the night before so the
ground was covered by snow in many places. After a few minutes of walking
the three witnesses saw a strange animal footprint on the snow. It was
totally unknown to any of them. It looked like three fingers with claws
and was 8 to 9 inches long. A little later, Mr. Réal Descoteaux
(who graciously authorized us to publish his name) continued to walk alone
toward a nearby clearing besides a frozen swamp. As he reached the clearing,
he suddenly felt a great heat coming out from the ground. The heat then
stopped as soon as he continued past the clearing, leaving only the cold
air of a november to fill the void. That fact really ticked him off and
Mr. Descoteaux was quick to see the link between that strange heat and
the footprints 300 feet away. It was around noon time.
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- Later on, the second witness (Mr. E) came back from the
close mountain and met Mr. Descoteau at the clearing and then, he felt
the same sensation of heat coming from the ground at the same exact spot.
When the third witness arrived at 5 pm, he too described a sensation of
heat in the clearing near the swamp. They suddenly realized that they were
confronted to an unknown but very real phenomenon. Real, who couldn`t get
out of his mind the events of the day, decided three days later to go back.
That time, he brought a camera.
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- The snow had melted, and this was fairly typical of November.
But as a consequence the footprints had disappeared. Undaunted, he decided
with another witness to carefully inspect the area and after walking a
hundred feet along a small stream, he was amazed to find five to six footprints
identical to the one they discovered in the snow a few days earlier. He
took pictures and brought them back to provincial government wildlife specialists.
Those specialists (who asked not to be identified) couldn't identify the
footprints and were extremely curious about them. As we said earlier, Mr.
Descoteaux is himself a well known wildlife specialist, lecturing at conferences
and being consulted by many.
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- After receiving a call from Mr. Descoteaux on August
28, 1999, Gilles Milot, the actual president of A.Q.U (Quebec association
of Ufology) decided to investigate this case by visiting the area in the
hope of seeing for himself similar strange footprints. He saw the pictures
took by Real and was greatly impressed. After a day of carefully inspecting
the area, taking pictures and being taught about recognizing animal footprints
by Mr. Descoteaux, nothing had been discovered and he was forced to go
back home empty handed.
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- On November 15 1999, the Quebec Association of Ufology
was contacted by Mr. Yvon Leclerc, a world authority on fossil footprints.
Having heard of the case, he wanted to meet with us to discuss the footprints
and take a look at the pictures. His professionalism greatly impressed
us and he was very interested and serious about the case. He too couldn't
identify the footprints and as of today, we still keep a close contact
with Mr. Leclerc as he continue to research the origins of those footprints.
We greatly appreciate Mr.Leclerc's collaboration and hope that he will
help us shed a little light on that mystery.
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- Could it be that an unknown and previously undiscovered
animal exist in our province? Or is this a case about an animal that we
thought had disappeared long ago but is still alive and well? The challenge
is great in discovering what lies behind that mystery. What about the heat?
How is it related to the footprints ? Is this an unrelated and natural
event? Or something else even more mysterious and incredible? Maybe we
will never know as the line is thin between fiction and reality.
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- In the attachments you will find a drawing of the footprint
along with a map of the center of the province of Quebec. The footprint
photographs cannot be distributed immediately since Mr. Descoteaux is waiting
to obtain a copyright on them. We call on anyone who would have any information
about this case or on similar cases elsewhere to contact us at: Association
Quebecoise d'Ufologie (514) 865-0546. Email: a.q.u.@videotron.ca.
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- New update: We have received two reports from people
(4 witnesses in one case and three in the other) who saw exactely the same
footprints in Quebec's forest. It's interesting to see that the sightings
are located many hundred kilometers from St-Paulin which is approximately
50 Km ( 30 miles) from Three-Rivers. See attached map.
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