Lonely shoes in the North Sea

Photograph number 3 (above) of the 5 in the 2006 series of artist/author/director/photographer Jannie Regnerus is entitled, "Washed ashore left shoes."

Alongside the photo on the artist's website is the following:

According to a scientific study (Volkskrant 1997) shoes lost at the North Sea are determined to follow a lonely course.

Leftside shoes wash up on the Dutch coast while rightside shoes drift toward the Scottish coastline.

I searched the Dutch beaches to find proof.

Photo number 4 (below)

of the 5 is captioned, "Washed ashore left shoe II."

Photo number 5 (below)

is labeled, "Washed ashore left shoe III."

[via Karl Zipser and zipser.nl]