It was the case of the missing shoes.
At a kindergarten in Fukuoka, Japan, 15 shoes mysteriously disappeared in early November, the Associated Press reported.
Prior to the theft, the children had stored their soon-to-be-stolen footwear in cubbyholes near the door.
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When the shoes began to go missing, teachers and parents feared the worst: “A disturbed person with a shoe fetish” had stolen them.
After being notified, police set up three cameras at the school.
The shoe thief struck again the following day, this time stealing six.
The thief stole one more shoe on Nov. 11 before police reviewed what the cameras had captured.
Nobody saw it coming.
The footage revealed a furry weasel getting away as it carried a little shoe in its mouth.
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