^ The extended foot really just moves from one side back to the other. The figure doesn't spin, just turn from right to left like a sprinkler. The lack of defining lines on the figure provides the illusion of it spinning. It tricks your brain because it looks so much like something spinning that its easiest to assume it does.
Check this out:
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