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Hey Canadians! Whats with the feet?
What is the scoop on the human feet washing up in BC?
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Is feet washing a new trend in BC? They are a progressive bunch up there. Jesus washed human feet but as far as I know he never did it in BC. Most of the BC'ers I know do not have smelly feet so I assume they wash regularly.
Otherwise, the human body parts washing up on the shore is weird and I hope they catch the insane maniac who's cutting up people. |
Very strange! Six feet within a year. A BBC Article on the topic:
Sixth human foot found in BC click to show |
Thankfully the 6 feet are not all from the same person. DNA testing "proved" it. Not common sense, DNA testing.
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Very bizarre. I have caught every article on this so far- then again I do have RSS feeds from three different news sources, so it is unlikely that I didn't catch one of them.
The pessimist that watches too many horror flicks can only think the worst. |
It's an outbreak of foot in river mouth disease....
Menacingly, 9 men in their 20s have disappeared from the lower mainland in the past, oh, 9 months. No doubt the cops are exploring that closely… It does feel like an Untraceable style movie which gives it that patina of perverse glamour |
Its good that we're certain there are no 6 legged mutants out there at least.
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if i get the chance to head to canada i´ll be chaining my feet to the rest of my body :s
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What's so strange to you? Doesn't this kind of thing happen all the time in the U.S.? I've seen enough CSI to know that.
But, seriously, we don't know.... :uhh: Maybe we should ask the pig farmer to see if he knows anything. |
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...hub=TopStories
hoax??? Sixth foot a 'reprehensible' hoax: B.C. coroner Updated Thu. Jun. 19 2008 4:13 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A sixth foot believed to have washed ashore on Vancouver Island was not human, although it was found inside a sock and running shoe, according to the B.C. Coroners Service. "A forensic pathologist and an anthropologist have examined the shoe and remains, and determined a skeletonised animal paw was inserted into the shoe with a sock and packed with dried seaweed," BCCS said in a statement Thursday. The foot had been found inside a size-10 black Adidas shoe. Five human feet have been found in the waters of the Georgia Strait area between Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland in the past year, and only one has been a left foot. The first two feet washed up in August 2007, one on Gabriola Island, the other on Jedidiah Island. Then in February another foot appeared on Valdes Island. B.C.'s chief coroner Terry Smith has said foul play is not suspected because there does not appear to be any evidence the bones were severed. Investigators are focusing on the missing bodies of four plane crash victims who disappeared in February 2005. The discovery of the sixth foot had cast doubt on whether the crash and the feet were connected, because it seemed to indicate a fifth body. "This type of hoax is reprehensible and very disrespectful to the families of missing persons," said BCCS. "It fuels inappropriate speculation and creates undue anxiety for families and communities while wasting valuable investigative time and resources that could be spent on the main investigations." |
You put your left foot in, you take your left foot out
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Leto's right- the latest foot was a hoax. Since I spent the time to copy this into the TFP thread generator: Quote:
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There is still no answer... apparently the police are stumped.
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Some strange things happen out west. |
They're really dragging their heels about solving this thing.
Well... heel. (Okay, confession: this was what my dad used to say about my grandma after she had one leg amputated at the knee. Also, "You know grandma, she's got her feet dug in. Well... foot.") |
They were going to hire a private dick to help with case but thought a gum shoe might have more insight.
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Not only that, but a gumshoe would be more liable to go toe to toe with the perpetrator and really sock him one.
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They just keep pussy -footing around the bigger issue. Where do the socks disappear to?
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Ummm...hey you guys...your puns are really lame.
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I have never heard of this before, its nice to know that my neighbors from the west are so footloose and free.
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At the risk of being a step ahead of anyone else, the news just reported that the most recent foot to wash up was a hoax. It was actually an animal foot that was placed into a shoe. The rest however, I have no idea so far...
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Apparently some sick joke is afoot. Deplorable.
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i wonder why its only the feet :| it boggles the mind.
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My cousin says it has to do with the drug trades in B.C, theres a big issue between an asian gang and the hells angels. Either way, its disgusting and horrible.
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Apparently the gangs get a kick out of it.
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Well, the police should really put their foot down rather than just wait for the other shoe to drop.
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Thank guys ..now Kenny Loggins is stuck in my head.
I wonder if someone is trying to send a message. They have found 6 feet correct? as in 'six feet under?' |
The pig who wore sneakers was found just outside a trailer park on the BC
coast. And the world fell for it. Don't you just love sloppy journalists. |
I'm sure they'd like to catch the guy who would sneaker round dumping feet in the water. But they're saying that the friction of the beach has badly degraded the evidence. Sandal do that, I guess.
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best thread this week at least :thumbsup:
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Maybe BC is where all the bulemic sharks go to "urp?"
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And it's always just one sock missing, too. (Sorry couldn't resist that one) :no: |
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I dunno... just don't start quoting Jim McKay and talk about "thrill of victory...the agony of de-feet...."
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Seriously, it might be an airplane crash. They are getting relatives of missing person's cases to volunteer DNA to see if they can identify who they are.
(Note that there are 4 left feet, and 1 right foot. A bad-dancers convention is suspected as the source.) |
I thought it was the other way around, four right and one left...
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i figure it's the drug trades myself..........
luckily i have two left feet. |
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well now........how did you know?
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Im disappointed. Rumor has it in the States that you Canucks always put your best foot forward,
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These puns are going to make me cry ankle. Achilles no good punsters if it's the last thing I do.
And I wouldn't fibula. |
i've been struggling to bring to heel my curiousity about the hoax foot.
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No, dont. Give it the boot.
Woot! |
This thread is well plantared in my sole.
Pardon me, I'm feeling corny. |
I think these feet jokes are stepping out of bounds. This is a serious issue, if not dire situation.
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go metric ...no more feet, got meters.
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They'd better hop to it if they are going to solve this one any time soon.
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Yeah...
Anyway if you guys are done with those feet, I'd love them back. Please drop them in the mail to: Legshow Magazine Jiffy Fulfillment, Inc PO Box 1102 Cranford, NJ 07016-1102 |
c/o Heather Mills
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Heather Mills?!!
Heather Mills!! If the shoes fits...oh, thats right. Well, she can certainly foot the bill, cant she?! |
I hate to dance around the issue... so... yes, yes she could.
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I dunno, I think after the divorce she's felt like she's on uneven footing.
*snort* I love youse guys. |
Since the divorce, the press has been really hounding her. To lay low, she has been thinking of changing her name to Eileen.
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Whatever her name, she hasnt a leg to stand on.
Oh, yes. She does. |
She's banned the Hokey Pokey from any party games...
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that way, she reduces even further her social footprint.
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Thought I would punt this into the mix: hot off the presses:
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/0...t.html?ref=rss Severed foot found in Sweden, 'too early' to say about links to B.C. finds Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 | 4:42 PM ET Comments25Recommend31CBC News A man's shoe containing a human foot was found Tuesday on the seashore in southern Sweden but local authorities say it's too soon to say if there's any link to the five severed feet found along the southern B.C. coast since August 2007. Police in the Swedish resort town of Halmstad, about 500 kilometres southwest of Stockholm, said lifeguards spotted a shoe bobbing upside down in the surf a day earlier and decided to turn it over with a stick on Tuesday afternoon. "They had seen the shoe yesterday, sploshing around at the water's edge," said Joakim Sjolander, spokesman for regional police. The foot has been sent to a local laboratory for forensic tests. DNA samples are to be compared to genetic records from people who have gone missing in the area, said Sjölander. "We do not currently suspect a crime has been committed," he added. He added that it was "far too early" to talk of a link between the foot in Halmstad and five feet that floated ashore on Canada's Pacific coast. The first two feet washed up last August on B.C.'s Gabriola and Jedediah islands in the Strait of Georgia. The third foot was found in February on nearby Valdes Island, the fourth in late May on Kirkland Island in the mouth of the Fraser River and the fifth foot in June on Westham Island, also in the Fraser River. A sixth appendage found near Campbell River, B.C., in June was found to be an animal's foot, apparently stuffed into a shoe by pranksters. Investigators say they have not yet determined where the feet might have come from, nor have they been linked to any missing people in B.C. Theories on the origin of the floating feet range from remnants of decomposed bodies of people who've fallen off ships to parts of victims of the 2004 tsunami borne on Pacific currents to Canada's coasts, a serial killer or killers who dump their prey at sea and bored or mischievous people with access to cadaver parts running an elaborate hoax. |
looks like the tides have changed...
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I don't mean to Tip toe around the issue here, but something's afoot.
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giving you guys a toe-in on breaking news:
http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc...ed_feet_080710 Two feet washed ashore in B.C. from same person Two of the five feet found in British Columbia over the past year came from the same man, police from that province said Thursday. 2 of 5 feet belong to same person View more MSN videosGo to CTV.ca Officers from RCMP 'E' Division display an image of one of the shoes found, during a press conference in Vancouver on Thursday, July 10, 2008. CTV.ca News Staff Appearing at a news conference, RCMP Const. Annie Linteau said there is no evidence of trauma or tool markings to suggest the feet were severed. "It appears it's a natural process of decomposition," she said, adding, "We have to be aware these still could be homicide victims." Police say the identities of the victims remain a mystery that they are working to solve. They have compiled a list of all missing persons from British Columbia, and some from Alberta, and are reviewing each file for possible connections to this case. Their list began with 243 men and 159 women but they have eliminated 130 of the men as possible matches, Linteau said. She said they have not found any evidence that indicates the incidents are connected but all possibilities are being investigated. The first foot was found on Jedidiah Island, in the strait that divides Vancouver Island from the mainland, on Aug. 20. It was a right foot inside a Campus-brand men's size 12 running shoe that was mainly distributed in India, police said. Six days later, another right foot -- inside a man's size 12 Reebok running shoe -- washed ashore on Gabriola Island. A third, a right foot in a Nike sneaker, was found in the area on Feb. 8 on the east side of Valdez Island. The fourth and fifth feet were both found near the Fraser River. The fourth came ashore on Kirkland Island on May 22 and was the only one of the five that came from a woman's body. It was found in a New Balance running shoe. The fifth, a size 10 left foot, was located a kilometre away on June 16. It was later determined to be a match to the foot found months earlier on Valdez Island. A sixth washed-up shoe was found to be a hoax when police realized it had been stuffed with an animal's paw. Families wait for results Family members of two plane crash victims who disappeared in 2005 believe the feet may be those of their loved ones. After analyzing DNA samples from the feet and members of the crash victims' families, police determined the feet did not belong to Arnie Feast or Fabian Bedard, two of four people who went missing after the crash. The DNA from the family of brothers Doug and Trevor DeCock is still being analyzed, said Linteau. The DNA tests tell little else about the feet's original owners, said forensic scientist Dean Hilderbrand. The type of analysis being used, the most common DNA test among North American law enforcement, does not indicate the race of the subject or the date of death, he said. "These were obviously very challenging samples," he said. "The DNA doesn't give any information about how long these samples have been in the water." The news conference featured speakers from the RCMP, B.C. Coroner's Office and the Delta Police Service. They showed pictures of the types of sneakers found and listed the years in which each shoe was sold, appealing for help from people whose loved ones may have disappeared wearing similar shoes. When asked about a foot found in Sweden this week, Linteau said they had no indication it was connected to their investigation. |
even more:
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/463759 Now there's a body with no feet Email story Choose text size Report typo or correction Email the author License this article B.C. authorities await FBI data on connection to feet washed ashore Jul 20, 2008 04:30 AM Comments on this story (1) Petti Fong Western Canada Bureau Chief MAYNE ISLAND, B.C.–RCMP have solved part of the mystery of the severed feet after matching one pair with a missing Vancouver man, but a new twist emerged this weekend with the disclosure that a footless body was found 16 months ago in Washington state. Five feet, all in running shoes, have washed up on B.C. shorelines since last August. Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre said yesterday DNA samples confirm two of those feet belonged to a man from the Greater Vancouver area. His family, who asked for privacy over the weekend so they could inform other relatives, had submitted the samples to the B.C. Coroner's Service. The man was apparently depressed, family members told RCMP. "At this point, the major crime investigators feel that this is not as a result of foul play," Lemaitre said. The RCMP will release more information about the man tomorrow, he said. The other feet belong to two men and one woman, according to DNA samples, police say. But in an unusual turn, RCMP and the coroner's office are now awaiting FBI data on a body found with no feet just south of B.C. in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. Coroner Randall Gaylord said yesterday that a hiker on the remote shores of Orcas Island found human remains on the shore in March of last year. The nearly intact skeleton belonged to a man at least 30 years old and 5-foot-9. Missing were the right arm and hand, the left hand and both feet. Tidal currents in the area have deposited human remains from the Vancouver area on the San Juan Islands before. Gaylord, coroner for the past 14 years, recalled investigating one such case in the 1990s. The nearly intact body of a Vancouver mechanic, still wearing his blue coveralls, who had jumped off a bridge in the Fraser River, floated all the way to the islands. Gaylord said the body found in 2007 on the San Juans' Orcas Island was sent to the FBI crime lab to see if dental records could provide a match. He didn't think to check with the B.C. coroner and RCMP until a week ago, when Canadian police released pictures of the shoes that had washed ashore. "It's possible this is just a coincidence," said Gaylord. "Once our DNA profile is done, we can meet with them and compare results." Gaylord said a black Merrell athletic shoe was found near the skeleton, but no one knows whether it belonged with the human remains. A red and white argyle sock with the brand name of London department store Harrods was inside the shoe. DNA results have also confirmed none of the feet washed ashore in British Columbia match the four missing victims of a 2005 Quadra Island plane crash. Early this month, investigators told relatives of two of the victims, Arnie Feast and Fabian Bedard, the DNA was not a match. This week, relatives of brothers Doug and Trevor Decock were also informed that the remains in the shoes were not a match. |
Just when you thought it was safe to go swimming:
More Feet!!! TheStar.com | Canada | 7th foot washes up in B.C. 7th foot washes up in B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS RICHMOND, B.C.–Another foot has washed up on British Columbia's south coast, the seventh to be found from Georgia Strait to the northwestern tip of Washington State since August of 2007. RCMP Const. Annie Linteau confirmed that human remains were inside a New Balance runner spotted Tuesday afternoon. "My first reaction was this was a small size, maybe a woman's shoe," said Ken Johnston, who fished the runner out of the Fraser River off Richmond after his wife spotted it while walking their dog. "It's kind of blurry now, but my first reaction, my gut reaction was it looks like a woman's shoe, a left shoe." One right New Balance runner – the only one belonging to a woman – has been found since the first foot was located on Jedidiah Island in Georgia Strait on Aug. 20, 2007. The right-foot New Balance runner was located May 22, on Kirkland Island in the Fraser River, not far from the site of Tuesday's discovery. All the other feet have been located at several sites around Georgia Strait between 2007 and Aug. 4, 2008. That's when human remains were found in a runner washed up on the U.S. San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. Police have determined that two of the runners – found Feb. 8 on Valdez Island and June 16 off Richmond – are a match. DNA testing linked one foot to a depressed man who disappeared in 2007 but the other remains have not been identified. Authorities believe none of the feet was cut off. They say it appears all the remains were "naturally disarticulated" from their bodies, fitting with expert theories that when a human body is submerged in the ocean, main parts like arms, legs, hands, feet and the head are usually what come off first. |
I am (oddly) getting a kick out of this.
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I didn't want to say anything first, for fear of putting my foot in my mouth.
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well, at least Charlatan stepped up....
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That's me... always toeing the line of good taste.
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you know how to keep pace... everybody else is one step behind....
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I might be willing to foot the bill to solve this case...to finally put this leg ...errr legend... to rest.
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I don't want to step on any toes here .. but this thread is hilarious.
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betcha it's those crazy dryers. you think they're fucking with your head when they eat socks... now they just eat people and mess with you by leaving the feet behind.
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Shed no tears for these victims! I heard they were loafers and sneakers!
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Ok so feet wash up on beaches. Why BC and nowhere else?
In England all we get are 6 foot tall Lego men... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk...6908-20855954/ Quote:
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Maybe he escaped from Holland.... jumped a polder.
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A Foot In Cold Water
Hey guys! Guess what? Another foot!
Another foot washes up on Vancouver-area beach - thestar.com yup they're back: Another foot washes up on Vancouver-area beachIt's the 7th shoe found holding human remains found in B.C. since 2007 By Petti Fong THE CANADIAN PRESS Vancouver–Another detached foot inside a running shoe has been found on a B.C. beach. The remains of a right foot, confirmed as human, were found Tuesday on a beach in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond inside a muddy size-8.5 Nike shoe. The discovery was made by two men out for a walk. Human remains inside shoes first began washing up on West Coast shores in 2007. But since the sixth foot was discovered last November, none had been found until this week. Of the first six feet, two were female and four were male. It's not yet known if this seventh foot belonged to a male or female. Police are conducting DNA tests. The B.C. Coroners' Service and the RCMP concluded in the earlier cases that the remains separated naturally from the bodies and were not detached using tools. Of the first six feet, one has been identified as belonging to a man who may have committed suicide. Investigators have also determined there are two pairs among the remaining feet – the two female feet belong to the same person, and two of the male feet belong to one individual, although neither victim has been identified. The mysterious appearances of feet in running shoes led to speculation that a serial killer was at large, that the remains were part of a human trafficking ring from Asia or that remnants of bodies were washing up from the 2004 tsunami. Those theories were debunked after oceanographers concluded the bodies originated somewhere along the West Coast and forensic investigators found the remains had separated naturally. The first foot was discovered in August 2007 on Jedidiah Island in the Strait of Georgia. A week later, another foot was found on Gabriola Island. The third foot was found in February 2008 on Valdes Island. The fourth was located in May 2008 on Kirkland Island in the Fraser River, followed by a fifth a few weeks later along the same river in Ladner. The sixth foot was found in Richmond along the Fraser River in November 2008. In a what may or may not be a related note, Paul Naumann, guitarist for the iconic band, A Foot In Cold Water, passed away a few days ago. Famous for their hit, Make Me Do Anything You Want, Paul will be missed. A Foot in Coldwater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
it's aboot time for an update:
Discoveries of human feet on British Columbia beaches, 2007?2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Discoveries of human feet on British Columbia beaches, 2007–2009 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Southern Gulf Islands (British Columbia) in the Strait of GeorgiaSince August 2007, eight disarticulated (i.e. legless) human feet have been discovered in coastal British Columbia, Canada, and an eighth in nearby Washington, United States. The feet belong to five men and one woman, the two left feet having been matched with two of the six right feet. As of August 2008, only one foot has been identified; it is not known to whom the rest of the feet belong. In addition, a hoax "foot" was planted on Vancouver Island. Contents [hide] 1 Discoveries 1.1 Sixth foot hoax 2 Theories 3 Level of rarity 4 Media reaction 5 References 6 External links [edit] Discoveries The first foot was discovered on August 20, 2007, on Jedediah Island, by a girl visiting from Washington.[1] The girl found the foot when she picked up a shoe and opened the sock, finding the foot.[2] The foot was that of a man, and was found wearing a size 12 Adidas shoe and a sock. It is thought to have become disarticulated due to submerged decay.[1] This kind of shoe was produced in 2003 and distributed mainly in India.[3] The second foot was discovered by a couple on August 26 on Gabriola Island. It was also that of a man, and also became disarticulated due to decay.[1] It was waterlogged and appeared to have been taken ashore by an animal. It probably floated ashore from the south.[2] This shoe was produced in 2004 and sold worldwide, and the type has since been discontinued.[3] The third foot was discovered on February 8, 2008, on Valdes Island.[4] It was also a man's right foot and was wearing a sneaker and a sock.[5] This shoe was sold in Canada or the United States between February 1, 2003, and June 30, 2003.[3] The fourth foot was discovered on May 22 on Kirkland Island, an island in the Fraser Delta between Richmond and Delta, British Columbia. It was also wearing a sock and sneaker.[6] It is thought to have washed down the Fraser River, having nothing to do with the ones found in the Gulf Islands.[7] This right foot was of a woman.[8] The shoe was a New Balance sneaker[9] manufactured in 1999.[3] The fifth foot was on June 16, floating in water near Westham Island, part of Delta.[8] It was found floating in the water by two hikers.[10] It has been confirmed that the left foot found on June 16 on Westham Island and the right foot found February 8 on Valdes Island belonged to the same man.[3][11] Another foot was discovered on August 1, 2008, by a camper on a beach near Pysht, Washington. It was covered in seaweed. The site of the discovery was less than 16 kilometers from the international border in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Testing confirmed that the right foot was human. Police say the large black-top, size 11 athletic shoe for a right foot contains bones and flesh. This was the first foot of the series to be found outside of British Columbia. The RCMP and Clallam County Sheriff's Department agreed on August 5 that the foot could have been carried south from Canadian waters.[12][13] Another foot was discovered on November 11, 2008, in Richmond.[14] The foot was in a shoe that was found floating in the Fraser River. The shoe was described as a small New Balance running shoe, possibly a woman's shoe.[9] A forensic DNA profiling analysis indicated that it was a genetic match to the foot discovered on May 22 on Kirkland Island.[15] In July 2008 it was announced that one foot had been identified by Vancouver police as belonging to a man who was depressed and probably committed suicide.[14] His identity was withheld on request of his family. On October 28, 2009 another foot had been inside a running shoe found on a beach in Richmond.[16] August 20, 2007 Jedediah Island A man's right foot 49°29′55″N 124°12′15″W / 49.49861°N 124.20417°W / 49.49861; -124.20417 (August 20, 2007) August 26, 2007 Gabriola Island A man's right foot 49°09′00″N 123°43′59″W / 49.15°N 123.733°W / 49.15; -123.733 (August 26, 2007) February 8, 2008 Valdes Island A man's right foot (same person as June 16 finding) 49°05′N 123°40′W / 49.083°N 123.667°W / 49.083; -123.667 (February 8, 2008) May 22, 2008 Kirkland Island A woman's right foot (same person as November 11 finding) 49°06′39″N 123°05′44″W / 49.110905°N 123.095627°W / 49.110905; -123.095627 (May 22, 2008) June 16, 2008 Westham Island A man's left foot (same person as February 8 finding) 49°05′N 123°09′W / 49.083°N 123.15°W / 49.083; -123.15 (June 16, 2008) August 1, 2008 near Pysht, Washington A right foot, only U.S. find so far November 11, 2008 Richmond A woman's left foot (same person as May 22 finding) October 28, 2009 Richmond A man's right foot [edit] Sixth foot hoax The sixth "foot", which was discovered on June 18, 2008, on Tyee Spit near Campbell River on Vancouver Island,[17] was a hoax.[18] The hoax was a "skeletonized animal paw" which was put in a sock and shoe and then stuffed with dried seaweed. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have begun an investigation into the hoax, and an arrest could result in charges of public mischief.[17] [edit] Theories The series of discoveries has been called "astounding" and "almost beyond explanation", as no other body parts have turned up.[19] The discoveries have caused speculation that the feet may be those of people who died in a boating accident or a plane crash in the ocean.[1] One explanation is that some of the feet are those of four men who died in a plane crash near Quadra Island in 2005 and whose bodies have not been recovered, though one of the feet has been determined to be from a female.[6] Foul play has also been suggested,[20] although none of the first four feet contained evidence of tool marks.[18] This does not rule out foul play, however; it is possible that the bodies could have been weighted down and disposed of, and the feet are separating due to natural decay. Determining the origin of the feet is complicated because ocean currents may carry floating items long distances,[21] and because currents in the Strait of Georgia may be unpredictable.[20] A foot may float as far as 1,000 miles (1,600 km).[18] Also, human feet have a tendency to become adipocere (a soap-like substance formed from body fat), which makes it hard for forensic scientists to find clues.[4] Under optimal conditions, a human body may survive in water for as long as three decades, meaning that the feet may have been floating around for years.[22] [edit] Level of rarity Finding human remains on a beach is not uncommon. Storms may erode old burial sites and wash the debris out to sea where it is subsequently found, although this in particular would mainly reveal bones. In addition, missing people are common, and people fall off vessels at sea on occasion. Decomposition may separate the foot from the body because the ankle is relatively weak, and the buoyancy caused by air either inside or trapped within a shoe would allow it to float away.[2] According to SFU entomologist Gail Anderson, extremities such as the hands, feet, and head often detach as a body decomposes in the water, although they rarely float.[4] However, finding feet and not the rest of the bodies has been deemed unusual. Finding two feet has been given "million to one odds" and "an anomaly".[2] The finding of the third foot made it the first time three such discoveries had been made so close to each other.[4] The fourth discovery caused speculation about human interference and, statistically, was called "curious".[22] [edit] Media reaction After the fifth foot was discovered the story had begun to receive a lot of international media attention. With major headlines from newspapers such as the Melbourne Herald Sun, The Guardian, and the Cape Times in South Africa, the story elicited much speculation about the cause of the mystery, originating from a sense of "morbid fascination" with this type of subject, as stated by one scientist who identifies remains of victims.[23] David Letterman also questioned two of his audience members who were Canadian about the mystery during one of his shows.[24] |
Still no closure, then. How frustrating.
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I think it's fascinating that a foot can float for 1,000 miles.
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