While other thieves or robbers are out to steal money, or maybe even kidnap children for some money, a Chinese man reportedly stole women’s shoes, but not for the women in his life. Rather, it’s for his weird attraction to the “smell.”

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The man, from Hubei, reportedly stole nearly 160 pairs of women’s shoes before getting caught, reports Sohu. The shoes reportedly belonged to female employees working somewhere near his residence.

The female workers reported to their company that some of their footwear, along with some underwear and clothes, went missing. Because of this, the company decided to take action.

"We had five or six employees reporting that their shoes and various other items had gone missing,” the company said in a statement, “so we installed a surveillance camera."

The shoe thief, however, managed to escape detection and kept stealing the women’s footwear. Desperately wanting to end the problem, the company called the police and asked for help.

After a few days, police were able to apprehend a thief named Yang, caught after stealing two pairs of shoes. Further inspection showed that Yang had stolen more than that – he had already stolen 159 pairs of women’s shoes and placed them in different places in his home: in the balcony, in the closet, and even under the bed.

Police also found that Yang loved to steal shoes that were left outside to dry under the sun, as these emitted more odors that “[made him] happy,” according to him.

The “smelly” nature of Yang’s crime apparently elicited various remarks from netizens. Some of them even posted funny but sarcastic comments on the internet.

Police, however, are taking the crime seriously as they should, and are reminding people to immediately report such kinds of behavior if seen or witnessed. Maybe AnBot could help prevent such crimes in the future.

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