BFRO #14981: Possible tracks found near cabin at Otter Lake

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📝 Description

I was probably 10 years old, my sister 8. My parents had taken us on a vacation in northeastern Ontario, Canada to a place called Otter Lake. It is a heavily wooded area, and as I recall not close to any large towns or cities. I am now 39, so this was a long time ago but I will never forget it. While out on a walk one afternoon with my mother and sister we all heard loud branches snapping around us as we walked on a gravel road near the cabin we were staying at. I can remember looking at my mother and her walking pace picked up very quickly. We thought it was a bear, or something large to have been snapping branches that loud. We had also heard our garbage cans being jostled at night but chalked that up to raccoons. One morning after experiencing these things I awoke to see my parents looking down from our cabin to the dirt covered ground below (it had been raining off and on the entire trip) I remember my sister and I saying "what are you looking at?" and my parents kind of looking at one another, then back at us without saying anything. My sister and I then looked and saw several large footprints outside our cabin. I can recall my sister began crying "I want to go home... I want to go home" My dad put his foot, size 12, inside of one of the prints and his foot was dwarfed inside. We packed and left that day. Why we didnt make a cast of the print I dont know. My mother says she has a picture of it somewhere. Like I said, this happened several years ago but I still get chills thinking about it.

🔍 Circumstances

My parents, grandmother, grandfather (now deceased)and sister.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

morning-printsafternoon-walk with branches snapping

ℹ️ Additional Details

morning-printsafternoon-walk with branches snapping

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