#18: The Devil’s Footprints Across Devon
Snow recorded the story before anyone could agree on what had walked through it. In February 1855, parts of Devon, England, woke to hoof-like marks crossing long stretches of countryside. The tracks were said to pass through gardens, over walls, near rooftops, and across places that made normal travel seem unlikely. Newspapers spread the account, and explanations followed quickly: animals, weather, hoaxing, panic, or observers connecting separate tracks into one impossible route.

