SHOCKING: You won't believe what this man did...

Just when you thought people couldn't get any weirder...this one ranks high on the list, alongside the woman I wrote about a while back who wanted to marry a tree.

I recently learned that my alma mater was on high alert after a man allegedly hid under a table in the campus library and smelled her feet. A man who matched the description of the "foot fetishist" was taken into custody earlier today, and police confirmed that they got their guy.

What would drive a person to do such a thing? Why would you want to be sniffing someone's feet in the first place? It's gross -- not to mention an invasion of privacy!

I've heard of people having foot fetishes before, but this is the first time I've learned of someone being caught in the act. I can't imagine what could be so stimulating about another person's foot -- let alone the smell it emits -- but it seems there's something out there for everyone to get turned on by.

What else might people find arousing? Garbage bags? Adams apples? Arm pits?

I know you guys will likely come up with a few nifty puns. I've already thought of some of my own:

This guy has a nose for toes
Talk about someone who wants to toe the line
He really put his foot down
He shot himself in the foot
By catching him this quickly, the police accomplished a major "feat"

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