In July 2010 the US had 76 shoe trees (it says so here); "A shoe tree is usually started off by one person with an enthusiasm for shoe-flinging, a popular sub-cultural activity among American youth. The lone pair of shoes will sometimes attract other shoe-flingers, and within weeks or even days, the shoe tree will be in full bloom."
In January 2009 there was one on the A40 between Stockenchurch and High Wycombe; perhaps it's still there. How, or rather why, it got that way remains a mystery. Who threw the first shoe?
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