I think you're talking about the "follow the trail" log? That log is added automatically if the player is stuck for 3 minutes so I think it was a coincidence. You could follow the trail and progress right after turning on the generator, I added the log just for players that didn't follow the blood trail instinctively and I made the delay 3 minutes so that the players that do get the instinct to follow the trail feel like they solve it on their own.
Okay that is quite a funny coincidance lmfao!
Still quite confusing, I did not even notice the snow trail when I went outside for the first time, its quite hard to spot, I tried following the hand trail then and only after going outside for like the third time did I notice the snow trail.
No one seems to have complained about this so maybe I am just super slow :P