SIGHTINGS



Very Strange Footprints
Found At
St-Paulin, Quebec
From Gilles Milot <milotg@Magnola.com>
From UFO UpDates-Toronto <updates@sympatico.ca>
1-14-2000
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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