Mom, What's That Smell?

Eight hours or so into our road trip, as the temperatures dipped, my daughter and I both decided it was time for a little heat in the car.  Shortly after that, we noticed a smell.  Not an engine smell, thank goodness.

But it was unpleasant.  I commented that it smelled like a dead animal.  Being a Florida girl, my daughter commented that it smelled like dead lizard.  Sadly, we know what this smells like.  Small lizards are everywhere in Florida, and we have cats.  

That seemed ridiculous, and we kept driving.  

Early in the morning, we stopped at a rest area to freshen up and change into warmer clothes.  In order to do this, I had to kick off my sneakers.  My left sock had a horrid brown wet stain by my big toe.  That's when I remembered thinking my sock was wadded up by my toe, as it felt snug.

I reached into my shoe, thinking I'd find some disgusting piece of food that had been stuck to my sock - you know - like a dried up grape or something.  But no...

It was the shrunken remains of a lizard!!

IN MY SHOE!!

ALL DEADANDEVERYTHING!!!

And now I have a perfectly good running shoe that smells like the tomb of the unknown lizard.  It smells horrid.  I don't think even Heloise has any helpful hints on how to get rid of this smell and remaining residue, but if you've got any ideas, I'm all ears.