LTC8K6
Penultimate Amazing
there is no point in getting into tracks SINCE MANY OF THEM SIMPLY VANISH OR DISAPPEAR suddenly with no good reason
Isn't that also a sign that the tracks are fake? Tracks that just start and end abruptly, I mean. A good faker will begin and end near some ground that doesn't hold tracks well, to conceal the fact that there aren't actually any more tracks at all. That's what I would do.
A person who hasn't thought things through, will begin and end the tracks incorrectly, thus making it appear that bigfoot has use of a Federation transporter.
Patty didn't come from anywhere, for instance, and P and G initially claimed to have followed her for 3.5 miles until that story became untenable. So, Patty doesn't appear to have gone anywhere, either.