Hundreds of mysterious old shoes wash up on beach during cleanup, baffling officials

Hundreds ofold-fashioned shoesrecently washed up on a beach in Wales — and locals are still trying to figure out why.

Volunteers working for the Beach Academy CIC, an educational center in Porthcawl, found the shoes on Dec.18 during their efforts on a rock pool restoration project.

The team was trying to clear out litter to help restore rock pools totheir natural statewhen they found the cache.

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com/travel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ogmore Beach,located in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. 

About 200 shoes and soles were recovered, Lamport said, including men’s, women’s and children’s footwear.

Hundreds of old-fashioned shoes were recently discovered on a beach in Wales, puzzling local volunteers and researchers.(Beach Academy CIC via Facebook)

She outlined two theories about how they got there.

The strongest theory, she said, is that the shoes came froma 19th-century shipwreckcalled the Frolic, which struck nearby Tusker Rock.The ship was carrying cargo from Italy at the time.

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“They were washed up the Ogmore River estuary and, every now and then, they appear… especially when there has been erosion of the river bank,” said Lamport.

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The unusual footwear discovery was made on Dec.18 along Ogmore Beach in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.(Beach Academy CIC via Facebook)

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Despitethe odd natureof the discovery, Lamport said that “it seems the find is not unusual.”

“The well-preserved leather shoes, blackened over time, that have been found recently are not the first that have been found in the area,” she said.

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Lamport also stressed that the age of the shoes has not been professionally verified yet, leaving the origin a mystery.

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“The well-preserved leather shoes, blackened over time, that have been found recently are not the first that have been found in the area,” said an expert.(Beach Academy CIC via Facebook)

“Their future is also unknown,” she said. 

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The Beach Academy will hold onto the shoes for now, and is open to lending them to Cardiff University aseducational artifactsin the future.