Snow Tracking
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BACKYARD SNOW TRACKING GUIDE
((Each panel contains an overhead view of tracks through the snow, with a caption indicating the apparent source))
[[Standard paw prints through the snow]]
CAT
[[Large split-toe tracks and smaller rodent tracks]]
MOOSE AND SQUIRREL
[[Cat prints, but with more space between the pairs of prints]]
LONGCAT
[[Two similar careening tire tracks]]
MOUSE RIDING BICYCLE
[[Longer rodent tracks, with a large melted ring surrounding a point in the middle of the frame.]]
RABBIT STOPPING TO USE HAIR DRYER
[[No visible tracks]]
LEGOLAS
[[Single deep holes with cratering]]
BOBCAT ON POGO STICK
[[Round prints that suddenly turn to the right halfway into frame]]
KNIGHT
[[Human footprints up to a square melting pattern, turning into animal prints]]
KID WITH TRANSMOGRIFIER
[[Human footprints up to a rectangular melted area, which are then doubled to another rectangular area, which are then doubled again up to another rectangular area, which are then doubled...]]
KID WITH DUPLICATOR
[[Right curve on a road, with tire tracks careening out of frame]]
Out of Frame Garden Owner: MY VEGETABLE GARDEN!
[[A series of spiraling and outwardly traveling lines extend from a point in the middle of the frame.]]
HIGGS BOSON
{{Title text: I suppose that's more accurately a hare dryer.}}
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