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Norwegian Man Steals Women’s High Heels
2004-02-09
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A bold thief with a penchant for high-heeled shoes has been keeping women on their toes in the western city of Stavanger. The thief, described as a male in his 30s, boldly enters homes, sometimes when the owners are there, and makes off with women’s high-heeled shoes, the Stavanger Aftenbladet newspaper reported Monday. He knocked on the door of one woman’s home last month, and asked to check a number in her telephone book. She left briefly to get it and he jotted down a number. It was only after he was gone that she noticed all her high-heeled shoes were gone from the entryway. He apparently came back on Saturday and stole more shoes while she was in the shower and her boyfriend was in the living room. Another woman told the newspaper that high-heeled shoes had been stolen from her house five times.
If you’re really against owning a handgun, you got to think about electrifying your shoe closet with 440V or at least get a Loisville Slugger or a king-sized Maglight to knock the snot out of him. I you just can’t even bring yourself to club him in the groin or bust a folding chair over his head. Maybe after Dr Sholes burgles your footware for the tenth time, you’ll see the light and just stick with pumps.
Even though there are often valuables nearby, he only takes shoes and leaves everything else. Aftenbladet said the women had filed police complaints, but that there were no suspects.
Hey ladies, does the name Richard Reid and the initials IED give you any ideas? Think about it.
Posted by:Super Hose

#6  Didn't Marla Maples' ex-agent do the same to her?
Posted by: Anonymous2U   2004-2-9 10:50:04 PM  

#5  A friend of mine told me a story (true) about a a "shoe-bandit" in Coronado, California back in the early 60's. He would break into homes and steal only one shoe (always ladies). He got caught and they found hundreds of shoes that he had stolen. Turns out he was a Navy Commander...no joke!
Posted by: B   2004-2-9 6:12:42 PM  

#4  I guess that he figures, if the shoe fits, wear it. The lassie's shoes must fit his size, or he likes the style she picks and uses her for fashion consultation and procurement. Hey, it's a theory......root cause thing and all, ya know. Gotta get closure here.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-2-9 3:27:35 PM  

#3  BAR - I think if he gets the doodoo beat out of him once, he curb his very odd appetite at garage sales.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-2-9 3:09:15 PM  

#2  I think there is some import attached to the wearer of the shoe.
Posted by: Fetishesaremylife   2004-2-9 2:52:38 PM  

#1  Why steal stuff when there's this great thing called the Internet? More likely than not the objects of this person's desire can be bought from some outfit doing business online.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-2-9 2:47:30 PM  

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