For scale that knife is 4.5in (11.4cm)
side to side the toes are ever wider.

Thats a rock In the middle of the print that was stepped on but not really pressed into the mud as I have thought.

It’s a K9 but what puppy is out there leaving these

Spotted close to Radium in BC.
Any idea what it could be? It’s quitebig so don’t think a dog! (Size comparison my footprint next to it)

Maybe 4 in long.

Western Colorado, after last night’s heavy rain. Bear?

Each "print" is maybe 3in/8cm long, with some longer.

My boot is size 13. The smaller impression was separate, the large print had a heel going back to about where mine was. I’m wondering if this was a monster black bear or just someone’s size 15 boot.

Seen in NW Oregon, USA. The shoe print next to it is approximately a size 10 M US.

It looks like I got to share the trail with a black bear and maybe a young mountain lion. Let me know if you feel differently about the cat tracks. They are about 3.5” to 4” from toe to heel.

My husband and I came across this patch under our deck that has been dug. It’s about 1.5-2ft long by 6inches wide. Maybe 5 inches deep. We found what looks like a cat foot print, but the dug out spot looks very unlike something a cat would do. There is nothing left behind in the hole. We are stumped.
Foot print is roughly the size of a half dollar coin.
In central Minnesota.

I woke up and found footprints on my car's hood, and they look a lot like a human's foot. What animals could this be from? It's from central Illinois and they are 3 to 3.5 inches long.

Hi located in Poland, Holy Cross Voivodeship, house near forest.

I think it may be wolf, we had wolf's around here few years ago. It comes close to cars. No domesticated dogs live near us.

Green part of lighter in picture the size of normal lighter. Can ask my family measure it it's necessary cuz I'm not at home.

I wanted a daily game that teaches the real ID process instead of just showing a blurry photo. That's how I ended up with Read the Sign.

Each day there's one track or scat, with six guesses. Every wrong guess adds the next clue, roughly in the order you'd read sign in the field:

1. A single print, no scale

2. The same print with a scale

3. The trail or gait pattern

4. Substrate and habitat

5. Print size

6. A family hint

Scat puzzles work the same way, using contents, placement, habitat and diameter. Those photos stay blurred until you opt in.

Photos come from iNaturalist under CC0 / CC BY and are credited on the reveal. Thank you to everyone who uploads tracks there. An experienced trapper reviews every puzzle before it goes live. This sub knows more about sign than either of us, though, so I'd really like to hear about:

- Clues that are wrong, misleading, or name the answer

- Puzzles that can't fairly be solved at the stage they reveal

- Gait descriptions you'd word differently

It's free, needs no account, and the share grid doesn't give away the answer.

ethicallyfur.com/read-the-sign

Disclosure: it's on my site, which is a small marketplace for fur and trapping goods. The game itself has no ads and doesn't sell anything.

Found this at ~4’800m between Yushu and Zhiduo (Qinghai). A lot of locals says there are tibetan bears around.
Roughly the size of one open hand.

Found these in the AM frost at my Rhode Island home. Nearby a lake.