It may also have something to do with youth; when I was a kid, my flip flops never fell off and I could run in them. As an adult, I never get them anymore because they fall off my feet every couple steps.
It's likely that the only tall grass that had to be navigated was at the very beginning of the walk into the woods and then in the clearing where they were found. Under the heavy tree canopy, there are usually plants but there's usually leaf litter around each plant. It's relatively open in the deep shade.[/quote]
I have very mixed feelings about this subject, having witnessed all kinds
of people wearing 'flip flops' or some variety of simple sandal, in combat,
fighting wars and going through grass and jungles and knee deep mud
running and maneuvering easily with them on! Yes Ive seen them fall off
people including kids just walking across the lawn in the neighborhood.
And 'yes' there are different kinds of 'flip flops' like the Walmart flop, the
Vietnamese knob-flops which only have a knob that fits in between toes
with no straps, then the Ho Chi Minh sandals with straps (very secure) ...
The girls didnt hesitate to peddle their bikes with them on. The fact they
left in their flops on then were found with their flops (on?) ... I dont know
how much one can or should read into this ... except that they were
present for some reason from beginning to end ? That says something about
the 'circumtances' of the girls and perhaps about the perp, given the fact the
flops could have been lost or removed during the intervening months.
:banghead: