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The Mystery of Running Shoes

If you're not wearing a shoe, chances are that foot will get consumed and you will never see it again. It's very possible that that foot will not decompose or at least decompose very slowly. Once it disarticulates, if it's wearing a certain kind of shoe, specifically an athletic shoe that's made in the last like 15, 20 years, it's going to have air injected into the sole. So what we have here is a case of people that just happen to die and their feet happen to come away from their bodies and be well protected by these awesome running shoes.

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