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We’ve been following the severed foot story at Law is Cool for some time now. Ian MacKenzie, a freelance new media producer from Vancouver, contacted us to let us know that he’s been doing some independent journalism on the topic as well. His video, including some interesting interviews with RCMP and B.C. Coroner’s Service spokespeople, is embedded below.
If you haven’t heard about it yet, the story is that over the past 18 months, 6 severed feet have washed ashore on BC’s coast. The story has achieved international notoriety, as investigators on both sides of the border have no idea where the feet came from.
DNA analysis has revealed Foot #3 and Foot #5 came from the same person (though the body has never been found). Also, one foot has been connected to a known missing person, and another has been identified as coming from a female. As for the rest of the mystery, answers continue to elude police.
Thanks Ian!
The Mystery is Afoot: Sixth Severed Foot Found in BC
Another foot, the sixth in ten months, has washed has up on a BC island.
This latest foot was found on Vancouver Island by a woman who was walking along the beach.
The severed foot was found inside a size 10 men’s Adidas running shoe. The other feet were also found inside running shoes, apparently because the air pockets inside keep them buoyant.
While I personally think that all these feet turning up over 10 months in a relatively small area is too great a coincidence to be an accident, the Globe and Mail explains that:
Police have released few details on the sixth and fifth feet, but the other four showed signs of disarticulation, which means the foot separated naturally from the leg, not through severing that would prompt speculation of foul play.
Updates
Foot number 6 appears to be a fake, probably the work of a copy cat.
CNN reports,
A “skeletonized animal paw” had been placed in a sock and athletic shoe that was packed with dried seaweed, the British Columbia Coroners Service announced.
But a real 6th foot was discovered on Aug. 4.
Another Severed Foot Washes Ashore in BC
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.
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