Nightly Visitor

[JMN2]

Which critter might this be? A boring cat or something more exotic?

The print is 1 1/2'' wide.

[bungeejumper]

Unquestionably, a wolf. Better safe than sorry. Have you locked the catflap?

BJ

[didds]

are the paw prints in a straight line, all one in front of the previous one ?


ie not obviously left and right each side of a central line?

didds

[JMN2]

are the paw prints in a straight line, all one in front of the previous one ?


ie not obviously left and right each side of a central line?

didds

Not in a straight line but left and right.

[redsturgeon]

No claw marks, so it's a cat.

John

[JMN2]

I used to keep a motion sensor trail camera as a hobby, but when I saw this one taken 15m from the backdoor of my house, suddenly trail running and walking in the forest lost its appeal. The direction it's heading towards indicates it came from the fields and passed the house.

[Slarti]

I used to keep a motion sensor trail camera as a hobby, but when I saw this one taken 15m from the backdoor of my house, suddenly trail running and walking in the forest lost its appeal. The direction it's heading towards indicates it came from the fields and passed the house.

What?

Where are you?

[JMN2]

...


What?

Where are you?

During my wilderness years while in self-proclaimed exile. 90km north of Helsinki.

[Slarti]

During my wilderness years while in self-proclaimed exile. 90km north of Helsinki.

I feared for a moment that you had taken that here in the UK!

That would have been a bit worrying.

[JMN2]

A bear attack.

https://youtu.be/GOlVRHsVzE4

[AleisterCrowley]

I don't much like bears (other than on the TV, and as cubs)
I couldn't live/camp/walk in Bear Country. Polar bears are the worst - they actually hunt humans for food, whereas black and brown bears only kill if annoyed or hungry.

[Breelander]

No claw marks, so it's a cat.

John

For confirmation you can see similar paw prints in snow here.

https://www.cats.org.uk/oxford/feature- ... -in-winter

this is a direct link to their photo on the above page giving an enlarged view.
https://www.cats.org.uk/uploads/images/ ... prints.jpg

[Clitheroekid]

A bear attack.

https://youtu.be/GOlVRHsVzE4

That's a jolly well-trained bear, the actor must have been scared it would get carried away and do some real damage!