backward-facing-feet-confuse-trackers

Mapinguari · salience 0.85

“The Mapinguari's feet are said to be turned backward, a peculiar trait that adds to its mystique and potentially aids in confusing trackers.”

Kalanoro

“In many tellings its hands and feet are said to be reversed, with the heel facing forward and the toes facing back, so that any tracks it leaves point the wrong way and mislead pursuers; other accounts instead give it unusually long fingers or nails.”