Abby Borden's Feet
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:13 am
Specifically, her footwear.
Surely these are mismatched. Yes Abby is surprisingly shod in oversize boots or shoes, but one looks to be many sizes bigger than the other, and the soles are different shapes.
We might say this is due to foreshortening - that the foot we see on the left is turned on the ankle or buckled against the floor. But the explanation doesn't seem to work. The toes are on a level.
How do people read this part of the crime-scene photo?
I'm using the FRHS image. I don't know if it's been much altered but with the foot on the right (Abby's left) we see almost nothing of the upper, suggesting these are mule-type slippers.
Abby was a corpulent person; she may have had diabetes and oedematose feet and worn house-boots or men's slippers on the swelling. But whatever she has on her feet here just doesn't look like a pair. It makes one wonder almost if they were rammed on her after death. Maliciously?
It's strange how the footwear found on Andrew Borden's corpse also has its attendant problems.
Surely these are mismatched. Yes Abby is surprisingly shod in oversize boots or shoes, but one looks to be many sizes bigger than the other, and the soles are different shapes.
We might say this is due to foreshortening - that the foot we see on the left is turned on the ankle or buckled against the floor. But the explanation doesn't seem to work. The toes are on a level.
How do people read this part of the crime-scene photo?
I'm using the FRHS image. I don't know if it's been much altered but with the foot on the right (Abby's left) we see almost nothing of the upper, suggesting these are mule-type slippers.
Abby was a corpulent person; she may have had diabetes and oedematose feet and worn house-boots or men's slippers on the swelling. But whatever she has on her feet here just doesn't look like a pair. It makes one wonder almost if they were rammed on her after death. Maliciously?
It's strange how the footwear found on Andrew Borden's corpse also has its attendant problems.