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Sixth foot found in B.C.

by ppeggy | June 19, 2008 at 08:17 am | 412 views | 6 comments

This is so weird!

VANCOUVER - The grisly saga of human feet washing ashore on the coastlines of British Columbia became even more macabre Wednesday with the discovery of a sixth human foot on a beach in Campbell River, B.C.

The sighting of a right foot encased in a size 10 men's black Adidas running shoe on a sand spit on the eastern side of Vancouver Island provides more dread to the growing mystery of who these feet belong to, and how many more are out there, waiting to be found.

It's the second foot found in three days, and the sixth in less than a year.
Sandra Malone, manager of a local RV park and the woman who called police after another woman discovered a severed human foot, points to where it was found. The latest foot appeared to be a men's size 10 black Adidas running shoe.
Sandra Malone, manager of a local RV park and the woman who called police after another woman discovered a severed human foot, points to where it was found. The latest foot appeared to be a men's size 10 black Adidas running shoe.

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Bojimha

at 08:30 on June 19th, 2008

This really is quite bizarre, it's hard to think of any reason for this other than a sinister one. :-(

ppeggy

at 14:45 on June 19th, 2008

ppeggy

at 14:51 on June 19th, 2008

The B.C. coroner's office has just issued a press release saying the last foot found was not a human foot. It was animal bones packed into a shoe with seaweed. weed.

amyjudd

at 14:53 on June 19th, 2008

Really? I didn't hear that - thanks for letting us know!

politisite

at 19:58 on June 19th, 2008

I just heard that as well. What kind of weirdo does a hoax like that?

amyjudd

at 15:57 on June 19th, 2008

It has been confirmed that the sixth foot is not human and could be part of a hoax.

It said the remains found near Campbell River on Vancouver Island on Wednesday belonged to an animal, describing the hoax as "reprehensible".

Five human feet in shoes have been found in the area since last August. All but one were right feet.

Police have not reached any conclusions on the origins of the feet.

'Skeletonised animal paw'

The latest find was on Wednesday when a woman collecting rocks spotted a shoe-clad foot on a beach.

Another woman who manages a tourist campground at Campbell River, a fishing town on Vancouver Island, accompanied her to the spot.

"I could see two white bones sticking out of a black sneaker," Sandra Malone told the National Post newspaper.

"It was definitely severed, like it had been sawn off."

But British Columbia Coroners Service (BCCS) later said the remains belonged to an animal.

"The coroners service, a forensic pathologist and an anthropologist have all examined the shoe and remains, and determined a skeletonised animal paw was inserted into the shoe with a sock and packed with dried seaweed," it said in a statement.

"It is the position of BCCS that this type of hoax is reprehensible and very disrespectful to the families of missing persons.