Hundreds of Mysterious Victorian-Era Shoes Are Washing Up on a Beach in Wales. Nobody Knows Where They Came From

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• Nanook@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not a mystery and not new: Italian ship sank 150 years ago. Been donating shoes to the shoreline ever since.

  “the shoes came from an Italian cargo vessel that sank nearby roughly 150 years ago. Its cargo—which included shoes—then “washed up the Ogmore River, and every now and then they appear, especially when there has been erosion of the river bank”

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  • happybadger@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But nobody knows where that Italian ship came from. Which Italy?

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Mysterious, huh? Let’s see if the comments have something to say about it, ah yes there it is.

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• Jumbie@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  ‘‘Twas I.

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I understand your foot fetish, buy why Wales?

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    • Jumbie@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Excuse me! They’re very nice ladies.

      How rude.

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