(Vancouver, British Columbia) Another severed foot has been found washed ashore, this time in Vancouver.
A boy found the foot and leg bone Tuesday near a marina in an inlet called False Creek, Vancouver Police said.It is the eleventh foot found since mid-2007 along the coast of British Columbia and Washington state. All have reportedly been in running shoes.
Foul play is not suspected, authorities told Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Authorities believe that because the remains did not have any evidence of trauma, the CBC reported.
The first foot, discovered in August 2007 on Jedediah Island, northeast of Nanaimo, B.C., was associated with a deceased man whose name police withheld at the request of his family.Additionally, three feet have been found along the coast of Washington at Whidby Island, Pysht and Tacoma. Investigators continue to search for an explanation.
A man’s right foot found on Gabriola Island in August 2007 remains unidentified.
Two feet found on Valdez and Westham islands in July 2008 belonged to the same man.
And two female feet found in Richmond, B.C., in December 2008 belonged to the same woman.
In October 2009, a right foot was discovered on a beach in Richmond.
Meanwhile, it's speculated that remnants of approximately 15,000 missing victims of the Japanese tsunami will wash up on the shores of North America in about three years. Apparently, one theory regarding the severed feet is that they migrated via ocean currents from Asia.
In any event, I would candidly disagree with the contention that dismemberment is not evidence of trauma nor foul play. It's certainly not a playtime boo-boo. Something is abnormal.
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[Previous 5/24/08 post
(Vancouver, British Columbia) Over the last nine months, four severed, sneaker-clad right feet have washed ashore at different locations along the Strait of Georgia. Authorities are investigating.
[Update 6/19/08]
Two more severed feet have been found, making six total. Five are right feet, one is a left foot. Theories abound.
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