I just finished reading a short story, The Parasitic Planet about life on Venus. It was SF from 1934 and one of the many hazards was mudspouts that would pop up and suck you under, unless you were wearing mud shoes, which I imagine looked very like the canoe shoes.
ChessPirate about 9 hours ago
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Skeptical Meg about 8 hours ago
I just finished reading a short story, The Parasitic Planet about life on Venus. It was SF from 1934 and one of the many hazards was mudspouts that would pop up and suck you under, unless you were wearing mud shoes, which I imagine looked very like the canoe shoes.