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I Can Walk on Broken Bottles with it: Mixed Reactions as Pictures of Human-feet Shoes Surface on Social Media

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 5:11 PM by Ebenezer Agbey Quist Aba Afful

- A rare shoe invention has sparked huge debate among Nigerians

- In viral photos that emerged on social media, the shoe was crafted in the form of a human feet

- Many thought it was a weird and awkward shoe, others remarked that it gives them the creeps

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Creativity is said to involve breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way, but an unusual shoe invention has torn social media users apart.

The shoe style, in photos shared on Twitter by @LifeOfNapaul, was modeled after a human-feet.

I Can't Walk on Broken Bottles with it: Mixed Reactions as Pictures of Human-Leg Shoes Surface on Social Media — Mixed reactions trail photos of shoe modeled after human feet Photo Credit: @LifeOfNapaul
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The Twitter user expressed shock that such a shoe style exists.

Like normal footwear, it also came in different sizes, colours and shoe packaging.

Many tweeps frowned at the footwear they described as awkward and weird. Some thought it looked scary. There were those who hilariously said it was made for Celestian faithfuls, a group of Christians in Nigeria popular for walking barefooted.

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@Nebbukadnezzarr said:

"Make Our Auntys Dem No Carry eye See this1..our whatsApp nogo be the same again..

"Ritualists Cuts Human Feets"

@Poshangel8 wrote:

"When you thought you have seen it all then....Boom!! You open Twitter"

@Tarelayefa3 commented:

"This that Air Celemax. Incorporate and umbrella and leather patch for the JW dons. Talk about inclusivity"

@Samuel4_4 reacted:

"Later nah one preacher will say that we should not wear it nah leg of queen of ghost...."

@ElizabethBusari thought:

"Wait o

"Do they expect the toes to fit into the toes of the shoe cos not everyone has the same type of toes."

Meanwhile, it was earlier reported that social media had reacted to photos of worn-out shoes a lady received as giveaway.

Facebook user, Bella Egooyibo Ubeoyibo Obi, had shared photos of some worn-out shoes which a lady received in a giveaway.

In the screenshots of the conversation Bella had with the said lady, the shoes were eight in number, all of them in bad conditions. The said lady narrated that when she went to pick up the items, she didn't open to check until she got back home.