Summary: <p>Happy Halloween, everyone! This week’s episode is about a spooky occurrence in 1855, where people in Devon woke to find small hoofprints all over the place, even on roofs. Join us in an attempt to figure out just what animal might have made the devil’s footprints!</p> <p>The footprints as drawn by the Rev. Ellacombe from newspaper accounts:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-363" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/devilprints_one-300x183.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="183"></p> <p>The h*ckin adorable wood mouse:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-364" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/woodmouseomgsocute-300x191.png" alt="" width="300" height="191"></p> <p>Link to <a href="http://www.moorhen.me.uk/iodsubject/mammals_-_fieldmice_(also_known_as_wood_mice)_20.htm">lots of pictures of jumping wood mice</a> omg</p> <p>Wood mouse prints from jumping, from Leutscher via Dash (see further reading, below):</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-365" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mousefeet-295x300.jpg" alt="" width="295" height="300"></p> <p>Mystery print from 2009:</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-366" src="http://strangeanimalspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/devil_footprints_1365667c-300x188.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="188"></p> <p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.academia.edu/251735/The_Devils_Hoofmarks_Source_Material_on_the_Great_Devon_Mystery_of_1855#">The Devil’s Hoofmarks: Source Material on the Great Devon Mystery of 1855 edited by Mike Dash</a></p> <p><strong>HALLOWEEN BONUS</strong> AW YISS! I’ve unlocked the following Patreon bonus episodes so everyone can listen. You should be able to open them in your browser without needing a Patreon login:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/12941463">Animals That Glow</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/11772880">The Beast of Busco</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/11512576">Weird Teeth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/8677422">Carnivorous Plants</a></p> <p>Also thank you for buying a lot of copies of<strong> my book <em>Skytown</em></strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Skytown-K-C-Shaw/dp/1910462055">Amazon USA</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skytown-K-C-Shaw/dp/1910462055">Amazon UK</a></p> <p><strong>Show transcript:</strong></p> <p>Welcome to Strange Animals Podcast Halloween episode for 2017. I’m your host, Kate Shaw. This is the best time of the year if you like candy, ghost stories, monsters, wearing spooky costumes, and buying all the bat decorations in Target. I have so many bat decorations. I’ve stopped taking them down after Halloween and my room looks like a bat cave.</p> <p>Before we get st</p>
