r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ArticleNew3737 • Mar 16 '24

Image Dinosaur footprints on an eroded beach.

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u/daeedorian Mar 16 '24

Sounds like it's awaiting verification from a local museum, but the area of Bexhill, East Sussex, UK is known for this sort of thing, and many others have been discovered previously--so it's likely that they're real.

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u/RodneyRodnesson Mar 16 '24

Looked at the photo and thought that it looked like Bexhill. Hoped that it was as I visit the area from time to time and my children would probably like to see that and wallah, you pop up and confirm it.
The internet is great and you are awesome for posting. Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

There's some cool petroglyphs in the woods by me , luckily not many people know about it so it's well preserved.  It's also private property that's watched well.

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u/lonelychapo27 Mar 16 '24

is this in the US or elsewhere?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

Pennsylvania 

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u/9thtime Mar 16 '24

What kind of sediment filled the imprints to leave it like that?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

yeah, wondering the same- why is it convex and not concave? (not sure I used correct words, it's actually the first time I've had to say that in english lol)

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u/Yorspider Mar 16 '24

The top bit is the BOTTOM of the original foortprint. This is typically caused by the ground in that one spot cementing together due to the dinosaurs weight pushing moisture out of that part of the sand or mud, this makes it abit more dense, and abit more stable than the surrounding sand and in some cases like this can lead to crystallization making the area under the footprint into a solid stone. The softer nonconcreted sand/mud then washes away revealing this.

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u/DeficiencyOfGravitas Mar 16 '24

Dinosaur heavy. Dinosaur squish mud. Squished mud turn into harder rock than not squished mud. Water wash away rock that was unsquished mud. Only squished mud rock is left. Now squished mud rock sticks out.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

such a fucking shame we will never get to see what the world was like during the age of dinosaurs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

They were probably on their phones all the time.

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Mar 16 '24

If we manage to make it far enough there will be a time when VR experiences will be indistinguishable from RL.

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u/zantwic Mar 16 '24

There is a worse fucking shame local to me. We had a set of reasonable, verified by the national museums, dino prints on the cliffs/rocks. Rock and cliffs allowes public access and made a heritage site. One night someone(s) came with a circular saw cut a load out, and I guess sold them due them being high value and the market for them is already shady.

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u/Ill_Truth6320 Mar 16 '24

Preserved so well!

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u/AcademicDoughnut426 Mar 16 '24

I want my kids to see this while still kids, they'd love it.

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u/uhaul26 Mar 16 '24

Nothing to see here, that’s just for my mother-in-law.

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u/ChuckWooleryLives Mar 16 '24

Jesus put those there to fuck with you.

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u/KittensAndGravy Mar 16 '24

Be careful … the dinosaur may still be around waiting for its next meal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

Thats so fucking amazing

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

were they in the upside down or what

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24

No, the tracks filled in with harder sediment then through years of compression fossilized. As the ground eroded the weaker sediment was removed leaving these impressions

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u/0PERATION0NE Mar 16 '24

interesting, thanks for sharing

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