All-Star Found Clinging to Life…in Gutter.

A once prominent All-Star was discovered in the gutter of a heavily traveled industrial park over the weekend. Torn and heavily scuffed, this once shining All-Star had been carelessly discarded by its owner and left to accept punishing blows from passing car tires. The single sole had obviously been run over and flattened numerous times before spinning to rest in the filthy city gutter. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Lost Sole Patrol at 1-800-LOSTSOL. Look for the Lost Sole Patrol unit in a neighborhood near you!

Lost Sole Patrol Unit

New Travel Game: High Heel Road Sign Darts-Gold Edition!

There’s a new travel game sweeping its way across America this week…shoe darts! A real twist on the traditional game of darts played with high heel pumps where a passing motorist attempts to launch various stiletto shoes at city road signs…what fun!! I guess the person who gets his or her shoe to stick to or between the sign wins??? It’s a silly concept for a game, but apparently great way to pass the time on boring country roads. This game could prove to be quite costly at $20 per pump or $50 a pair. Less expensive “darts” can be found at Payless Shoes or at your local thrift store. This most recent photo showcases the mark of a true champion.
-Lost Soles Press

"Little One" Inspires First Nursery Rhyme!

This week's little lost sole was the inspiration behind the first ever Lost Soles nursery rhyme:
(To the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

Twinkle, twinkle, little shoe
How I wonder who you belong to!
Down upon the ground so low,
How you got there, only one will know.
Twinkle, twinkle, little shoe
How I wonder who you belong to!

Photo Credit: Patricia Beck

Single Shoe Discovery at Denver Airport!

On Thursday last week, a Lost Soles affiliate on her way to a convention in Denver spotted this single shoe riding continuous loops on the baggage carousel at Denver International Airport. Alone and obviously unclaimed, this solitary neoprene sandal was also riding alongside another peculiar object…a piece of driftwood or a log of some sort?? When was the last time you took your favorite piece of wood on vacation to Hawaii? It is unclear at this time if the abandonment of these items are related. As of Friday, both shoe and log remain D.O.A at D.I.A.-J. Snipes

It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s…A Pair Of Ice Skates???

This week’s Lost Sole submittal is the first of its kind from a local man walking his dog in a Southside neighborhood. As they prepared to cross the street, the dog stopped, looked up, tilted his head to one side and stared at the dangling pair of bladed leather soles. Both now bewildered at the site, the man quickly withdrew his camera for a photo. “My dog should really get the credit for this unusual find”, said the man who works as a haunted house actor and bingo announcer. A nearby neighbor told Lost Soles that they believe a young man in his mid 20’s has been using the power lines that cross Noble street to practice his tightrope walking for a circus job and may have fallen in a recent practice session…leaving his skates behind in the process. If this were January, we might speculate that for some reason, a person was up there trying to perfect the triple axel! -Lost Soles Press

Latest Single Shoe Encounter: One Sad Sole…

This weeks Lost Sole encounter was one of great isolation and despair. Wet, worn and nearly flattened, this empty sole was left to the perils of a heavily traveled interstate. The substantial rainfall at the time this photo was taken, only added to the extreme sense of desolation and abandonment. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of its sole mate is asked to contact the Lost Sole Patrol at 1-800-Lostsol.-J. Snipes

New Roadsign: Watch out for uni-solers!

This weeks new road sign submittal features the standard issue stick person on a yellow background with the addition of a single shoe. I have wondered for years why road sign stick figures never have any feet or hands in the first place!?!? The addition of the single shoe clearly indicates that there may be single shoed pedestrians strollin’ across the street. According to the number of single shoe encounters I have had over the past several months, uni-solers as I like to call them are more prominent than anyone realizes.
-J. Snipes

HIGH WIRE ACT: Shoe-icide or simply shoes on a wire?

A pair of athletic cleats was discovered Monday in the early evening hours clinging to power lines in a suburban neighborhood. The matching pair of soles appeared to be lifeless and unresponsive to calls from local authorities. It is unclear at this time exactly how or why the shoes ended up stranded on the high-voltage lines. Lost Sole investigator and single shoe expert “Sarge” suspects something foul here…foul ball, foul play, foul smell. The self appointed expert is a huge athletic supporter and expects to solve this mystery at all costs. So far there are no reported eyewitnesses to this cruel, insensitive crime. -J. Snipes, Lost Soles Press

“Shoe Limit” Sign Latest Attempt to Raise Awareness

This week’s new sign proposal submitted by yours truly at a recent city council meeting aims to help reduce the number of discarded shoes found on roadways across America. A recent independent study suggests that the Lost Sole phenomenon may have a negative impact on our environment, especially in higher single shoe laden areas. I’m not sure what the single shoe situation is in your city or town, but I have discovered “hot spots” here locally where shoes just seem to end up for whatever reason. Is this a new sport, fad or pastime that I am unaware of? I’m suspicious of a new organization in town called the SDOA (Shoe Ditchers of America) that meets every Wednesday at the Moose Lodge (free spaghetti dinner) and is behind our local single sole outbreak. Unless we can convince the major shoe manufacturers to consider making all shoes bio-degradable, mother earth will continue to suffer at the foot of foul, unwanted footwear.-J Snipes

Sole of the Week: Where Fashion Meets Pavement

This weeks Lost Sole incident has been brought to you by an unidentified pedestrian in an "upscale" neighborhood, proving once and for all that even the well-to-do somehow manage to become separated from their footwear. Although abandoned and alone, there was just something graceful and charming about this solitary shoe incident...the colors...the style...the mere fact that this high dollar flat was still laying in the gutter 2 weeks later.
-J Snipes