A bizarre string of shoe thefts at a Japanese kindergarten left staff and police baffled until security cameras uncovered the surprising culprit.
The footage showed the agile animal darting out from behind a wall, grabbing a white shoe from the children’s cubbyholes, and vanishing in a matter of seconds. / Photo: Reuters
When shoes began disappearing at a kindergarten in Fukuoka, Japan, the peculiar thefts left both staff and police puzzled, especially since the culprit seemed to prefer single shoes rather than pairs.The missing items were indoor shoes, worn exclusively by children at the Gosho Kodomo-en kindergarten in Koga.Determined to crack the case, the local police installed three security cameras around the facility, hoping to catch the thief red-handed.
“We were extremely worried at first, but now we’re relieved to learn it wasn’t a person but an animal,” a staff member Police speculated that the weasel had been using the shoes to line its nest, likely because it had recently given birth and was seeking warmth as temperatures dropped. While the exact location of the stolen footwear remains unknown, the kindergarten has taken measures to prevent further incidents by covering the cubbyholes with nets at night, a strategy jokingly referred to as a"crime prevention measure".The persistence of the thief led animal control to intervene, but the officer, moved by the dog’s attachment, bought the toy before taking the animal to a shelter.valuable items like glasses or phones, fully aware of their importance to humans.
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