If
it lays false trails just to screw with scientists, I'm not interested in a God like that.
While there is a possbility that there is a god
laying false trails and the best guesses of ignorant Bronze Age goatherders is actually correct I think that is so unlikely to be impossible.
The damn thing knew he was coming and had
laid a false trail.
Moreover, DoS can be used to
lay a false trail or otherwise cover an actual penetration of server security, and very often (almost always in significant cases) launched through botnets acquired by other hacks.
Not exact matches
It is one of the conventions of the classic crime film to
lay out
false trails as long as possible for the viewer.