On my daily walk a few days ago, I came across a single boot just off the trail. As is my custom when I find someone's property, I left it where it was because I figure the person who lost it might return to look for it. The sight certainly caused me to wonder what circumstances would cause a person to lose a piece of footwear. I suppose that in warm weather, someone might temporarily put their shoes aside to frolic in the park barefoot, but certainly not when there's snow on the ground. And why just one? What's the story behind this boot?
I didn't dwell on these questions very long and didn't see the boot for the next couple of days even though my walks went over the same ground in the park. Then yesterday what was apparently the same boot appeared again, but this time a couple of hundred yards from the first sighting. I looked and determined it was for the left foot, and later when I reached the point of the first sighting I searched closely but didn't find its right foot partner. Neither place was near a road, so it's unlikely the boot or boots were thrown from a vehicle. Did the owner walk away with one or both feet bare in freezing weather? Or, for someone reason did he carry one or two boots with him while wearing other footwear? Not very important questions, I guess, and that is fortunate because I'm not likely to ever have them answered.
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