Matt
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We drove out, parked, and started along a trail that cut through low scrub and rock.
We had hats.
We had a GPS unit Marin insisted on.
I had my phone and a handheld recorder.
Jonah brought the drone again and actually kept it in the case after Marin gave him a look.
About an hour in, we found tracks.
I know how that sounds.
We found tracks is the oldest line in the book, but I'm not talking about vague scuffs in sand.
I'm talking about a clean set of prints crossing a patch of soft dirt near a dry wash.
The soil there held impressions like clay.
They looked like dog prints.
Sort of.
But wrong.
Too long.
The pads didn't look like a normal domestic dog.
The toe arrangement wasn't quite right.
And here's the part that stuck with me.
The stride length was… strange.
Like something that wasn't trotting on four legs, but also wasn't walking like a person.
Marin crouched and stared for a long time.