I was at work in Newport RI this morning..surfing ..not working.....found this site..since I grew up in Newindsor NY, Mysef and close friends hunted and explored on foot a 50 mile radius from ages 10 to 17. I was always the amature geologist & fossile hunter. I made one discovery 25 30 years ago, I never knew who to tell...maby you.

While hunting off RT218 in Cornwall walking all day..which I hunted since 10....most of my hunting turned in exploring the mountain sides and tops between Cornwall & West Point, finding insignificint primative sites a stray arrow head..yadayada..

So after morning hunting I took about a 5 or 6 hour stroll/climb to the very top on one those mount tops (not Butterhill). At the top there was a large "bear stone table top" flat area...couple hundred yards square....with vegetation clumps & grassy patches across & interspursed. There was a set of tracks depressed in the stone for at least 50 to maby 150 feet or more before dissapearing under the earthin cover...they ran in a line under the grassy patches and re emerged on each side of the large patch work of grassy spots. I saw and walked with 20 -30 consistant "walking" tracks.

Long time ago..no camera, I went back with a camera few years back but only had couple hours to look and didn't find the spot...Probebly need a weekend to find it again..maby google earth??? Maby not..

The impressions were about a foot long, 2- 4 inches deep, about three inches wide at "heel" widened to 7-9 or 10 inchea at "toe end", some puddled with water, the track strides were three or five feet distance right track to right track, about four feet separated right track form left track, as I recall. Sadly I dont remember the tracks as the traditional V shape, but more oblong depressions & wider at front. Duck like...

Not sure if this is of interest to anyone, but I love the Hudson Valley, so here's some eyewitness lore that maby no one knows about.