Found fossil footprints in a layer of stone.

I was hiking through a narrow place in a canyon. On a rock layer tilted up about 45 degrees there were footprints where something had walked. Of course I never reported it. My concern was the government getting involved and closing the aria to off roaders. I also know about some fossil bones of something. I didn't say anything about that either, same reason. Society has a ways to go in terms of respecting freedom. Maybe some day, but not now.

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SomeMichGuy · M

They might close it off to have the footprints photographed, measured, written up (with attribution of you as the finder). It would likely end up either being preserved it "in situ" with maybe a cover and explanatory info, or, if it's really significant, it might be carefully moved to a museum to be preserved from weather-related degredation and let many people see it.

I could also see researchers trying to carefully look to see if the path continues, etc.

Both the path and the bones are really wonderful finds--great for you!

HobNoblin · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy I'm out there a lot, I read and I have some back ground that lets me see these things. As I said though, I can't risk the government closing the aria. We have to think of freedom first. So until that attitude changes sadly these finds will go unreported along with any others I make.

SomeMichGuy · M

@HobNoblin It sounds as though you want freedom for yourself but not others.

HobNoblin · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy I'm not the only one that will be driving off road and hiking in that aria. True, very few people ever go there but if someone did want to , because of my decision , now they can. Bring the universities and the government in and only students and paleontologists can ever go in there. I won't let that happen.

SomeMichGuy · M

@HobNoblin Actually, the finds would ultimately be shared with the world.

You could bring that excitement of discovery to people across the globe.

Your knowledge could be used to enrich human understanding and culture.

HobNoblin · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy Not under the currant system. If we had a system that could be trusted to put freedom first I would report it. Sadly we do not. We have a system built on lies ready to grab any land it can and force people to live in "smart cities" (gulags).

SomeMichGuy · M

@HobNoblin Huh?

lol

No...

HobNoblin · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy I've seen the government do stuff like this. The land grabs are certainly real that's what the environmentalist movement was all about. Now they're building "15 minute cities" and fining people for using their cars. All of this needs to stop.

SomeMichGuy · M

@HobNoblin Environmentalism is about answering the first calling God gives us: to be faithful stewards of the planet.

We have been poor stewards of the planet. Clean air, water, soil makes for healthier

• lakes, streams, rivers, oceans
• rainwater
• drinking water

• breathing
• seeing
• touching

• plants and other things living in the soil
• fish and other aquatic life
• all foundational species
• foodchain

• robust set of species

HobNoblin · 36-40, M

@SomeMichGuy I wouldn't know about God, I'm an atheist. I do know environmentalism is a scam. A tool of oppression.

SomeMichGuy · M

@HobNoblin No, it's about preservation and bettering of the planet.

You clearly believe in radical freedom, not in freedom expanding until it starts to hurt others' freedoms.

The baseline "inalienable right" is to one's own life; without that, all the other rights are useless.

Environmentalism is about making a healthier planet, and thus, helping to secure our lives.