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<div>'''Abandoned footwear,''' generally a lone [[boot]] or shoe, is frequently noted in [[ponds]] and along roadsides (particularly highways). It is not known why old shoes and boots seem to be publicly abandoned more often than other articles of [[clothing]], such as [[shirts]] or [[caps]].<br />
While the practice of publicly abandoning old shoes has been noted in multiple countries (including [[Great Britain]]<ref>http://www.widemedia.com/fashionuk/news/2004/08/02/news0003247.html</ref>), it does not seem to have any set meaning attached to it<ref>http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/sneakers.htm</ref>, and may be a simple form of imitation. <br />
It is possible that shoes, being more sturdily constructed than most other types of clothing, simply last longer after being abandoned outdoors—leather shoes, for instance, are estimated to last for 25-40 years outside.<ref>http://www.recycle.ubc.ca/littermain.html</ref>) However, the opposite of this hypothesis is the commonness of obviously intentional shoe abandonment, such as [[shoe tossing]], in which shoes are tied together by their laces and thrown in great numbers into [[shoe tossing#Shoe tree|shoe trees]], over power lines, or over fences<ref>http://www.bdb.co.za/shackle/articles/fences.htm</ref>. <br />
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In popular culture, a fisherman hauling up an old [[boot]], rather than a fish, is an old comic-strip joke.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[shoe tossing]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.roadsideshoe.com] - trying to solve the mystery of the roadside abandoned shoes<br />
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