Fascinating story.
One thing that I don't understand though. The theory is they washed up a local river, got embedded in sediment and are only now being released. Given that, I would have thought their condition would be much worse. More likely that they were well-packaged on the wreck and have only just been released ?
The leather on those shoes are in nearly perfect condition! How can that be possible??
>More likely that they were well-packaged on the wreck and have only just been released ?
No not at all. Embedded in sediment would preserve them better.