I saw these tracks in NE Texas in Cass County TX in a timber property looking for our dog. The rain was 2 days prior and a clear print the size of my hand like in earlier pictures here. The track was strolling down the road through the property. The stride isn't wide, say compared to a human or deer. The impression was from a larger animal with a defined claw. We've seen a lot of animals out here but nothing like this. I read one article that they saw it looking back at them but couldn't define what it was they were looking at. Keep posting maybe we will get a thermal imaging of this critter/animal/unknown species.

This is NOT a ferret; it is indeed a mink, but not a wild mink. This is a ranched mink with a color mutation bred on fur farms, so this animal was either an escapee from a fur farm, or was intentionally released by Animal Rights activists. Ranched mink lack survival skills to exist in the wild, and have been dependent upon human care for their entire lives, so this mink is seeking out the only source of food it knows-humans. It will not survive on its own, and while misguided and ignorant activists believe that they are "helping" fur farm animals by "liberating" them(as they ultimately want to "liberate" ALL animals, your dogs and cats included), they are in fact condemning most of these animals to a slow, painful death by starvation. NOTE: just because this mink is the product of many, many generations of captive selective breeding, this does NOT mean it is docile and tame! Ranched mink are still very prone to biting viciously. They can and will inflict serious injuries to dogs or other pets that mess with them or anyone who tries to handle them. Check around and find any fur farms in your area and find out if any have experienced recent break-ins and vandalism, including releases of animals, and you will most likely find where this mink, which I believe is a "Pastel" variety, came from.

I have a cat and it is cat poo ... they like to go out mainly night time that is probably why you don't see them doing their business

Bullfrogs croaking probably. Look it up on Youtube. While you are there, look up bullfrogs screaming too, it is amazing the sounds these animals can make!