Jun 18, 10:36 PM EDT
A 6th human foot found on Canada's Pacific coast
By JEREMY HAINSWORTH
Associated Press Writer
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Another human foot was found Wednesday on a British Columbia shoreline, the second this week and the sixth within a year in a bizarre mystery that has confounded police.
Like most of the others, it was a right foot encased in a running shoe, said Sgt. Mike Tresoor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He said a citizen spotted it on a beach and no other remains were found.
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Authorities say they haven't reached any conclusions about the origin of the feet but are working to determine if there are any links to any other partial remains recovered in the province.
"Too my knowledge, we have not encountered anything like this," RCMP spokeswoman Annie Linteau told The Associated Press Wednesday evening. She declined to speculate if foul play was involved.
(However, they have had to deal with a serial killer pig farmer!)
She did suggest that the latest find could be from the body of a missing fishermen or a plane crash victim, but she didn't provide any specifics.
"In the first four cases, we did not find any evidence the feet were severed," she said. "It's too early to say if this foot was severed."
She said the fifth case was being handled by local police and was not under RCMP jurisdiction.
Terry Smith, the chief coroner of British Columbia, said this week that DNA profiles from the first three feet have not helped to determine identities because they have not matched any existing samples.
Smith and others have suggested that the feet didn't sink but floated to shore because they were encased in buoyant running shoes.
The first three feet washed ashore about 40 miles southwest of Vancouver on islands in the Strait of Georgia. The first foot was discovered last summer by beachcombers. Days later, a foot was found inside a man's Reebok sneaker. The remains of a third right foot were found Feb 8.
The fourth foot was found May 22 on Kirkland Island in the Fraser River, about 15 miles south of Vancouver. About a mile away, the fifth foot - and only left foot, was discovered Monday morning floating in water off Westham Island.
Local speculation has been rife with some reports claiming they belonged to victims of violent crimes or a plane crash.
(Ok, so think this through - 6 feet, none belong to each other, means 6 people missing. If my aunt was missing, I would go to her home, collect her hair or tooth brush and take it to the police for DNA tests, then ... when she turns up, they can match the DNA. If she has disappeared for months, I would think the list of people missing wouldn't be that long. How many people disappear in BC?? maybe a plane - ok, so a small Cessna crashes - doncha think they might have a flight plan or someone might miss the plane after a few hours and ... Seems kind of elementary to me. Local speculation might just as well be people falling into the water and being eaten by sharks who leave one foot to float back to shore. Speculation could just as well be Bigfoot ripping off feet and throwing them into the ocean.)
dumb shit Canadians
Never learn
Sharks
Bigfoot
people falling overboard
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