Possible tracks noticed by hunters in the Everglades outside Everglades City witnessed in Collier County, Florida

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My father along w/ brothers Eric and Mark at a young age were hunting in the Florida Everglades w/ two friends of the family, Ronnie and George. It was a "boys" trip out. I was approx. 13 yrs, old. I can approximate my age because my family started building a second home behind ours in 1972. It took 3 yrs to build and these "friends of the family" were hired by my father to assist in the project. I was born in 1962 and towards the end of the project, this trip took place. Aprox. in the fall of 1975. Anyway, we drove to a secluded area of the Everglades. Later I was told we were 17 miles away from any paved road. Us "adults" we went out with .22 rifles (my first time), after parking in what we call now "BFP" at about 6PM. Ask anybody in South Florida and they know what I mean by "BFP" [Bureau of Fire Prevention land??]. Way out in the middle of NOWHERE. We tracked through waist high vegetation growth when we reached a clearing and continued in a horizontal line towards a tree line a...