6th Severed Foot Washes Ashore In British Columbia

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News Edition: 11/17/2008

What appears to be a separated human foot inside a shoe -- possibly the sixth discovered in Canada's British Columbia in the past 15 months -- has been found on a riverbank, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wednesday.

The shoe -- a left New Balance running shoe -- was found about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on the south arm of the Fraser River by a Richmond, British Columbia, couple, police said.

It was turned over to the British Columbia Coroners Service for examination and DNA testing, authorities said.

Before Tuesday, five feet -- all inside running shoes -- had washed ashore in southern British Columbia since August 2007. One of them, a right New Balance shoe, was found May 22 on Kirkland Island. That foot was determined to belong to a female, authorities said.

The provincial coroners' office said in July that DNA tests determined that two of the five feet -- a right foot found February 8 and a left foot found June 16 -- were from the same male, but they said they didn't know to whom any of the feet belonged.

What was initially thought to be a sixth foot inside a running shoe, found in June, was determined to be a hoax. Authorities said a "skeletonized animal paw" was put in the shoe with a sock and packed with dried seaweed.

"Obviously, due to the fact that a hoax was perpetrated previously and then extensively reported on, we want to proceed cautiously [with Tuesday's discovery] until we know what exactly we are dealing with," said Constable Annie Linteau, an RCMP spokeswoman.

The provincial coroners' service said in July that the five sets of remains found to that point appeared "to have naturally separated (disarticulated) from the body."

There was no forensic evidence, such as tool or trauma marks, on the remains to suggest that they had separated in any way other than decomposition, the service said.

Authorities are investigating multiple possibilities on the origin of the feet, including foul play and the chance they could belong to victims of a plane crash. Missing persons files are also being reviewed.

Four of the five feet discovered between August 2007 and June 2008 were in running shoes made between 2003 and 2004, and the other was made in 1999, according to police. Royal Canadian Mounted Police have released photos of the shoes, hoping someone can help identify the remains.

News courtesy of: CNN

[backnblack]

truly weird

[dan9124]

I remember this from when the 4th and 5th feet were found as well.....very curious to find out what the deal is. It seems a plane crash or boating accident would be logical, though not as exciting as a mad, foot chopping, hermit!

[Xnex]

I remember this from when the 4th and 5th feet were found as well.....very curious to find out what the deal is. It seems a plane crash or boating accident would be logical, though not as exciting as a mad, foot chopping, hermit!

But if that were the case why are there only feet washing up? No heads or arms or anything else. I think something truly distrubing is going on up there.

[dan9124]

But if that were the case why are there only feet washing up? No heads or arms or anything else. I think something truly distrubing is going on up there.

because rubber in shoes float. if any heads or arms got severed or disintegrated from the body or whatever, they most likely wouldn't have any thing on them to keep them atop the water.