[meteorite-list] Meteoritewrongs and Fossil Footprintwrongs

[Paul]

Dear Friends,

Just as newspapers have a habit of reporting all sorts of fanciful and questionable 
stories about meteoritewrongs, they also have a habit of reporting stories about 
fossil “footprintwrongs” without really taking the time and trouble to verify their 
validity. The latest pseudofossil to make the news comes from British 

Mysterious footprint found in Hudson's Hope, Energeticcity.ca - ‎Aug 4, 2009‎

http://www.energeticcity.ca/fortstjohn/news/08/04/09/mysterious-footprint-found-hudsons-hope

Forgotten footstep? Prince George Citizen, August 5, 2009‎

http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20090805206197/local/news/forgotten-footstep.html

Did gardener find fossilized footprint? by Susan Lazaruk, The Province, August 7, 2009.

http://www.theprovince.com/technology/gardener+find+fossilized+footprint/1864762/story.html

http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.theprovince.com/technology/gardener+find+fossilized+footprint/1864762/1865689.bin

Is Bigfoot's footprint preserved in stone? Calgary Herald, August 6, 2009

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Bigfoot+footprint+preserved+stone/1864077/story.html

The alleged footprint is just part of a rock that  weathered and eroded faster than 
the material surrounding it. This resulted in a depression that vaguely looks like a 
footprint. It must have been a very slow news day.

Paleontologists and geologists are plagued with pseudofossils just as much as 
people collecting and studying meteorites are plagued with meteorwrongs. Each 
year, I get numerous ones. However, as they say, a person has kiss a lot of frogs
before they find either the prince or princess.

Best Regards,

Paul Heirnich