1 column footnote in 3 column story. GIEF! NAU! ;)

Hello!
Im working on an article for a polish horse magazine and I have an issue with footnotes here.
Take a look:
I got this:
And I want this:
The First one is created with default footnotes, the text is wrapped to one column only.
What I want is to create footnote by having the 3 collumns content pulled up and creating room for 1 column footnote.
Is there a way to do this in Indesign with automated, standard tools?
So far I just do that by creating a separate text frame and formating my footnote there. But its slow and unefficient, not mentioning that when the Story text moves for some reason I have to adjust the footnotes manually.
Best regards.

No footnotes cannot span columns in InDesign - please read this thread post and I hope you can fill out the wish form that is linked there.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/619776?tstart=0

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