Shoe Corner

I work a few miles west of shoe corner, and have known a couple people nearby. I have not seen it myself yet, but plan to not only see it, but contribute to the cause!

From what I understand, there is no big mystery, and the entire "mystique" behind it has been profoundly overstated.

In reality, it's just a fun tradition to toss old shoes at this corner.

Period. That's it.

No murders, no weird back story, just... the fun of it. Leave it that way. Don't overthink it, just enjoy it.

The story that was told to us is that the corner was part of the underground railroad.....and the shoes were left for the slaves fleeing the south.

ANY ONE REMBER THE BASEBALL PLAYER CALLED"SHOELESS JOE JACKSON"...MAYBE SOME OLD BASEBALL FAN IS RESPONSIBLE,IN MEMORY OF THIS GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER.

This is the real story how shoe corner got started. God leaves me a new pair of shoes every week for being a good sole and straight lace person in Shoe Heaven, Unknown Galaxy. For the last 61 and a half years my shoes have been mysteriously disappearing from my house in shoe heaven, Unknown Galaxy. For the first 47 years I thought my neighbor Eugene had been stealing them, but then he was killed in an unfortunate accident in Seoul, Korea. While he was inspecting a Nike shoe factory his feet were run over by a forklift. He was rushed to the hospital where doctors amputated his feet, trying to save his life to no avail. At Eugene's funeral I met an odd women who introduced herself as Mrs. Villen. While we were talking she told me the whereabouts of Eugene's shoes. When I visited 109th and Calumet I not only found Eugene's shoes but also a few pairs of mine that had been recently stolen. I have never been able to locate Mrs. Villen, I firmly believe she is a shoe angel.
Signed,
The Shoe Believer.
May you enjoy your visit to shoe corner, where the rubber meets the road.

the shoe corner actualy came from john dillenger back when he was the top gangster, he shot 3 men at that corner and when the cops came upon the scene there were only the victims shoes. ever since people have been throwing shoes there just as a tradition

The REAL truth is....the shoes on shoe corner are the ones we clean up when we make the crop circles. We don't like to leave a mess when we make the circles so we load the shoes into our invisible-to-the-human-eye hover vehicle and take them to shoe corner and dump them. We were originally going to use them to stock the shoe store we were going to build there but the St. John building and planning had difficulty trying to see our plans and would not approve them. So we put up an invisible building and all of our invisible fellow beings can get their shoes there. Although we don't wear clothing, we DO need shoes and it's very difficult to shop in your conventional stores for them. Please don't judge us until you've walked a mile in our shoes......

People! Its a ghost. There is proof. People don't throw shoes out of their cars. That is stupid

Twice we saw 2 guys riding motorcycles throwing shoes on shoe corner. Both of these men has artificial legs.