Waynesboro, PA (WFN) -- A man in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, claims he's discovered some Bigfoot tracks -- but cryptozoologists fear it's a big hoax.

Steve Gates recently discovered 300 animal footprints near a local reservoir, each about 15 inches long and eight inches wide.

No one knows what made the footprints, but the mysterious creature has round heels and five claw-like appendages, so some of Gates' friends believe they're Bigfoot tracks.

The 28-year-old Gates doesn't know what the creature is but some experts think the prints belong to a North American Ape.

However, cryptozoologist Loren Coleman says the footprints are "almost certainly" a hoax and the tracks appear to made by sticking gloves onto the front of shoes.

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