Summary of Footprints Without Feet

 

Footprints without Feet

The story is about a scientist named Griffin. He discovered a drug and swallowed that made him invisible. He was first noticed by two boys in the staircase of a house where they could just see his footsteps and started following it. They follow the footsteps but after sometimes footsteps disappear. Due to cold he enters a mall for some warmth. After the stores shut down, he decides to wear some warm clothes and eats cold meat, sweets and drink wine. He then falls asleep on a pile of quilts. He wakes up in the morning when store assistants find him and start chasing. He quickly threw all the clothes he was wearing and became invisible again. Then he started roaming around again without any clothes in the cold winters of London. He then decides to steal clothes from a theatre company as he knew he would get something there to cover his face as well. He then steals bandages for his face, dark glasses, false nose and a hat for covering himself.  He then hits the shopkeeper and steals all his money. He decides that he will go to a village. He books two rooms at an inn at the Iping village. It was strange for the people that a stranger with a weird appearance has come to stay there during the winter season. Once his money is over, he steals from people and also hits the landlord and his wife when they try to check his room in his absence. Then the village constable is asked for help but before that Mrs. Hall asks him questions regarding who he is and what he did to her furniture. This makes him really furious and he decides to show her who he really is. The people then see a headless man and Mr. Jaffers, the constable also finds out that he would have to arrest a man who does not have a head. They are unable to catch Griffin as he removes all his clothes and becomes invisible. He even knocks out Jaffers as he tries to catch him.