Reuters

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Thursday October 9, 05:23 PM

Swedes puzzled by discovery of butter-filled shoes

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Tourists have been left scratching their heads in disbelief after finding 70 pairs of shoes filled with butter on an isolated mountain top in northern Sweden, local news agency TT has reported.

The local newspaper in the town of Ostersund thinks the stunt could be the work of a copycat artist after it received an anonymous tip-off that directed reporters to a Web page showing butter-filled shoes in a desolate Tibetan landscape.

The picture depicts a work called "Shoes with butter" by Chinese photographic artist Yin Xiuzhen and dated 1996, the agency said.

Locals have been debating the artistic merit of the shoes and officials are considering what to do with them.