What's That Inside My Boot?

It's a camera! On our last trip to Vegas, we came home cameraless. We had no idea what happened to the it. Was it stolen? Did we lose it? Did we leave it the rental car? Did it fall out of my purse? Almost a year and a new camera purchase later, Sid was picking up shoes piled on the floor of our coat closet (trying to eliminate any mouse houses!) and thought my boot felt awfully heavy. He reached inside and hollered, "You won't believe what's in here!" I put my hands over my eyes, sure it was a dead mouse, and he holds up our old camera! What the heck? First of all, I had completely forgotten about those adorable brown leather barely worn boots. Second of all, what was the camera doing in there?