The fox had been up to his mischief for weeks before his stash was finally discovered by a resident. The collection had numerous flip-flops, sandals, crocs, and trainers.
In the German neighbourhood of Zahlendorf in Berlin, a curious case of stolen shoes has been traced to a fox.
A fox with an affinity for fashion has shown an impressive collection of over 100 pairs of shoes and flip flops after havings stole them from residents of Zahlendorf said reports.
Residents of the neighbourhood realised their shoes kept going missing. For some time, they had no clue who the culprit was. But recently, the thief was caught red-handed in the act.
The fox had been up to his mischief for weeks before his stash was finally discovered by a resident. The collection had numerous flip-flops, sandals, crocs, and trainers.
The case of missing shoes came to the fore after Zehlenforf resident Christian Mayer posted about his shoe going missing on a local Facebook group. He was angry and disappointed as his pair was a new one.
However, Mayer soon found out he wasn’t the only victim of the footwear theft in the neighborhood.
After a tip-off from a person, Meyer managed to track it down and saw the animal with two flip-flops in its mouth. A few days from the sighting, Mayer followed the animal and reached a large green to discover the entire stash of stolen shoes.
Tagesspiegel editor Felix Hackenbruch posted photos of the evidence on Twitter.
Fuchs, Du hast die Schuh gestohlen…🎶In #Zehlendorf wurden mehr als 100 Schuhe von einem Fuchs gemopst. Die ganze Geschichte morgen @TspCheckpoint. (📸: Christian Meyer) pic.twitter.com/pjnKhvobOa
— Felix Hackenbruch (@FHackenbruch) July 26, 2020