Tag: squirrels
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Splatatouille: ResearchersIdentify Chicago’s Famous Memento as a Squirrel
Unraveling a Mysterious Mark on West Roscoe Street What began as a quirky urban legend—the so-called “Splatatouille” imprint—has now been given a scientific label. In a study published in Biology Letters, researchers from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, argue that the famous hole in Chicago’s sidewalk was most likely made by an eastern gray squirrel,…
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Chicago Splatatouille Squirrel: researchers reveal unlikely culprit behind famous sidewalk imprint
Unraveling a Chicago Mystery: The Splatatouille Impostor The peculiar footprint etched onto wet concrete on West Roscoe Street in Chicago captured the public imagination for decades. Known affectionately as the “Splatatouille” imprint, the mark inspired mystery, humor, and public debates about what creature could have left such a distinctive, elongated track. A recent scholarly turn,…