In the North Sea, between mainland Scotland and the Orkney Islands, lies a mile-and-a-half-long, mile-wide island called Swona. No human lives on it; not anymore, at least. It’s currently, and exclusively, populated by a herd of feral cattle. And yet, according to the BBC, someone had a pair of shoes mailed to the island, and no one can figure out who sent them and why.

Nobody has lived on Swona since 1974. The cows are the descendants of a once domesticated herd that lives among crumbling stone farmhouses and salt-encrusted ruins.

Because of this, Alexander Annal was a little weirded out when he got word from a local post office that a parcel had just been delivered. His family owns Swona and hasn’t done anything with it in decades. So why would anyone ship a size five pair of women’s A

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