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- Hannah Butler and her sister, Hollie Poore, were enjoying a day at the zoo when the unexpected derailed the day
- While Butler was chasing her kids through the splash pad, her feet got wet and one of her sandals slipped onto her leg
- Butler and her family spent 10 minutes working to get the shoe off
Hannah Butler was enjoying a fun day at the zoo with her family and sister, Hollie Poore, when a new fear was unlocked.
As Butler chased her kids around the zoo’s splash pad, a water play area with interactive features, her feet got wet because she was wearing sandals. Within seconds, her foot “slipped through the entire shoe and it got stuck.”
“I laughed and thought that I would just take it off after that. Then I realized that my foot was way too big and I could not get it off,” Butler tells PEOPLE. “I started panicking and laughing and running to my dad and Hollie to help me.”
Butler begged her sister to help get it off, but they both quickly realized the shoe was stuck, not moving an inch. Poore then took out her phone and pressed record. The video, which she posted on TikTok, shows their attempts to get the pink slide off. However, adding more water only made it worse and Butler could feel the shoe “cutting off [her] circulation.”
Their dad suggested they use Dawn dish soap as a lubricant, but naturally, they didn’t have any. Inspired by his grandfather’s helpful suggestion, Poore’s 11-year-old son suggested they try using sunscreen to slip the shoe off.
They lathered sunscreen on Butler’s leg and inside the shoe. After 10 minutes of unsuccessful attempts to pry it off, it finally budged.
The video of the removal went viral, amassing over 780,000 views. People in the comments were quick to offer up other ways they could have removed the shoe, many of which Bulter says she had already tried. Other comments pointed out how helpful their dad was, jumping in to help resolve the issue.
“People like that because that is how my dad is. He helps beyond what he ever needs to. It’s a silly example with the shoe, but in real life, he always shows up,” Butler shares.
While some questioned why Poore recorded the ordeal rather than help, she notes that she knew her sister would be okay and it’s “important to be able to laugh at each other.”
“Some things aren’t so deep as the internet thinks. It’s just a funny thing to make fun of yourself,” she adds.
While Butler is now avoiding buying that type of shoe, if it happens again, she knows what to do.
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