Foot or faux?

[txguy77]

My dad found this about 10 years ago while digging a water well line. We thought it was pretty neat so he kept it and forgot about it until recently. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on it as far as does it seem to be a fossil or just a foot shaped rock? There are what looks exactly like five toes and a well formed foot about an inch long encased in (limestone?) with what looks like a knee joint peeking out of the top, length about 1 1/2" from bottom of foot to top of joint. He started to remove the rock with a Dremel tool but stopped in case he damaged it, other than that it is exactly how he found it. Was found 3' to 4' deep under a layer of lignite south of Madison county, Texas in Iola. Anyone interested in taking a look at it shoot me an email and I will send pictures.

 

tjmay77@hotmail.com

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

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[txguy77]

Thanks, here it is.

 

First pic is of the bottom of the foot. Pic does not show the detail as much as I like such as the individual toes but you can see the basic shape.

 

Second pic is a side view.

 

Third is a top view of the "knee joint".

[Mokele]

It's just an oddly formed rock.