Hi all. I'm from Western Massachusetts. I was walking in the woods adjacent to some farmland the other day and came across multiple strands of reddish/brown hair wedged in some bark on a tree. This was pretty strange because the hair was located about 4-5 feet off the ground and there are just no animals in my area with this length and color hair at that height. The only source it could be from is a fox's tail... but I believe the following disproves that.

Me and my father returned the day after and came across MUCH more hair on multiple trees and some possible footprints which I'll leave up to you guys to decide what you see.

Here are the pictures:






Here are the footprints we found. Some large and some smaller, but these had the best prints. It looks like there's a family.

Are there horses on that farmland by chance?

There are a few people I know of who sometimes horseback ride the fields around the farm. There are some low barbed fences that run on the woodline though.

Hi

Good one Stacy, I have been looking at the hairs on the other thread for a few days now, I have never seen a BF but they do look a lot longer than i would think they would be, Only way to be sure is have them tested

Peace
Tim

Or any local veterinarian should be able to at least rule them out as such.

Yes, I must admit my first thought was horse hairs and horse shoe tracks.

hey researchers i see there is still alot sasquatch activity in mass forests. this is a great new thread about it. please keep me posted ok. gm bill

Having horses I am seeing tail hair most likely caught as the rider went past the tree. I rarely see my horses not thrashing their tails back and forth even in the middle of winter. Almost like a habit as much as they use it to keep flys off them. Now the prints certainly look a bit odd...with having said that horse tracks are close together and in snow they will slide forward. So as they place there step their weight gives a push before it plants causing a longer looking track. If I were you Newoodsman I would continue to watch the area and I would see if you can seek out any and/or all potential horses in the area. If you can eliminate a horse that may have rode through the area then you are back to BF or something else.

I believe the tracks are consistent with old horse tracks that were done in much deeper snow. As the snow melts, the print expands, the length of the track is the moving of the hoof forward and then the melt.

Agree with Stacy and others, it looks like horse hair, also fox hair is not near as course nor would be that high.
As for the tracks, snow degrades somethin awful so other then fresh track it is kind of hard to say for sure on any snow tracks.

Brad