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Skeptoid #31: The Devil Walked in Devon

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2007

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

This 100-mile track of footprints in 1855 probably was not laid by the devil.

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Most people have heard the tale of the 100-mile track of footprints that appeared one snowy

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morning in Devon, England in 1855.

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Known as the devil's footprints, they went through walls and pipes, and all sorts of places

0:18.9

it would have been impossible to walk.

0:21.5

Must we be forced to admit that the devil walked in Devon?

0:25.8

Or should we allow for the consideration of other alternatives?

0:30.4

We're going to find out today on Skeptoid.

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The devil walked in Devon.

1:29.3

Snow fell all through the wee hours of February 8th, 1855, in southern Devon, a county in

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