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Foot found on Sweden's seashore
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by julianw | July 8, 2008 at 02:19 pm
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From Sweden's English-language news website thelocal.se comes a story about a human foot washing up on the shores of Scandinavia. British Columbia isn't the only place with this problem, apparently.
A man's shoe containing a human foot has been found on the seashore in southern Sweden. The foot was discovered on Tuesday by the water in Tylösand in Halmstad, south-western Sweden.
The foot has been sent to a laboratory near Lund for forensic tests. DNA from the foot is to be compared to DNA from people who have gone missing in the area, said Joakim Sjölander, spokesman for police in Halland county.
"We do not currently suspect a crime has been committed," he added.
Police said the foot had been in the water for some time. The shoe is described as a "normal man's shoe."
Lifeguards realised at 1pm on Tuesday that the shoe contained a foot.
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Rob Petersat 14:31 on July 8th, 2008
My question is this: Have beached feet always been a problem, and only now people are reporting on it, or is this a new phenomenon?
at 14:43 on July 8th, 2008
Oh my gosh! Another foot! What is going on!?
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jack black (not verified)at 08:12 on July 12th, 2008
Five washed up in Canada.