Woman Goes Viral for Dramatic Video Demonstrating How Her Uggs ‘Saved My Life’ (Exclusive)
Woman Goes Viral for Dramatic Video Demonstrating How Her Uggs ‘Saved My Life’ (Exclusive)
Rachel Raposas, Hedy PhillipsFri, April 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC
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Charlize Esguerra's Uggs.Credit: Charlize Shaye/Instagram (2) -
A woman's platform Uggs unexpectedly came to her aid when she stepped on a rusty screw
Luckily, her Uggs contained a foam platform sole, which provides extra height — and extra protection
"I definitely won't be going barefoot in the malls after this," she jokes to PEOPLE
A woman is giving her Uggs a shoutout after the cozy shoes' platforms unexpectedly came to her aid.
Charlize Esguerra, a 23-year-old living in Canada, was just walking through a mall when she felt something underneath her tan platform Uggs. At first, she assumed it was just a piece of trash or gum that had gotten stuck, maybe even a tack — until she took a closer look and discovered a sizable screw.
Esguerra recently went viral on Instagram after sharing the surprising find. Her video first depicted the screw, apparently lodged vertically into the shoe's sole, then captured the moments afterward in which her boyfriend worked to twist it out of the foam.
Luckily for Esguerra, her Uggs featured a thick layer of foam on the sole, giving about an inch of extra height — and extra protection, apparently — to the wearer.
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"I was very grateful to be wearing my platforms. If I hadn't been wearing such tall shoes, the screw would have gone through the shoe and likely into my foot," Esguerra tells PEOPLE. "It was also extremely rusty, which could have caused infections."
In the video, after he removed the entire screw, her boyfriend held it up to show how far the piece of metal had punctured the sole — and how close it had been to Esguerra's foot. He then held the same screw up to Esguerra's grandmother's boot, showing that the same incident on another shoe could have been more painful and dangerous.
After her video went viral, social media users in Esguerra's comments were divided. Some said she was being dramatic about the whole situation, while others defended Esguerra's genuine concerns.
"All I know is my day would have gone a lot differently if I had a rusty nail going through my foot instead of the bottom of my shoe," she tells PEOPLE.
"Stay safe, wear your platforms," she joked in her comments, and to PEOPLE, she quipped, "I definitely won't be going barefoot in the malls after this."
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Source: “AOL Entertainment”
