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The Severed Foot Mystery continues to deepen as a fifth partially-submerged foot was discovered yesterday on a British Columbia shoreline.
AP reports that the left foot was discovered by a couple of passersby on Westham Island. The island is located in the mouth of the Fraser River, roughly 10km south of Vancouver International Airport.
As with the previous discovery, the foot was still wearing the shoe. No word yet on the brand. [Update: it's an Adidas, size 10!]
In spite of the similarities, police say it is too early to draw conclusions that link this foot to the other four that have washed ashore in previous months. While they are treating this as a criminal investigation, there is as yet no evidence that foul play is involved. The RCMP indicated that:
“there’s no evidence the feet were severed or removed from the victims’ legs by force.”
This could be just, you know, your random, run-of-the-mill floating foot. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer, explained that:
“the feet could have drifted from as far as 1,000 miles away. Ebbesmeyer said the feet could have been severed or detached from their bodies on their own.”
Mystery feet raise a stink in BC
For the past several months, severed human feet have been washing up on the shores of islands in British Columbia’s Georgia Straits.
Reuters reports that a fourth such severed foot has been found. A passer-by was walking along the shore on Kirkland Island, near the mouth of the Fraser River, when he made the gruesome discovery. The foot was still wearing a shoe.
Police aren’t drawing any conclusions about whether the owners of the feet are alive or dead, or whether this is the result of a grisly accident or something more sinister. DNA testing has failed to link the feet to any known missing persons.
For now, the feet remain a mystery.
