Watch out for the shoe thief!
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2004 6:14 pm
Women in the western city of Stavanger (OSLO, Norway) better keep an eye on their shoes, as a thief has been making off with several pairs of high-heeled shoes. The shoe robber, described as a male in his 30s, enters homes, sometimes when the owners are there, and steals the pumps. Last month he knocked on the door of a woman's home and asked her if he could check a number in her phone book. She went to retrieve it, he jotted down a number, and he left. It was only after he was gone that she realized all her high-heeled shoes were missing. The thief returned to the home on Saturday and took more shoes while she was showering and her boyfriend was in the living room. Another woman said that high-heeled shoes had been stolen from her home five times. Although other valuables are often nearby, he only takes the shoes. The woman filed police complaints about the missing pumps, but there are no suspects as of now.
