Posted on 10/29/2009 8:39:24 AM PDT by llevrok
RICHMOND - A right foot has been found inside a running shoe on a beach in Richmond, the seventh foot found along B.C.’s coast in two years, RCMP said Wednesday.
Two men walking on the beach Tuesday evening found the foot in a white size 8.5 Nike running shoe on the beach at No. 6 Road and Triangle Road, the RCMP said.
The BC Coroners Service confirmed the remains were human through a forensic autopsy and will conduct more forensic tests in its investigation with the RCMP.
Exams by forensic pathologists and anthropologists will help determine physical characteristics, which, combined with DNA analysis, will help the police and coroners service build a profile to identify the person.
The feet have separated from the body through a natural process, the RCMP said.
The first severed foot, discovered in August 2007, was associated with a deceased man whose name police withheld at the request of his family.
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 feet found in Richmond in December 2008 belonged to the same woman.
Anyone with information about the identity of the victims may call their local police department or the BC Coroners Office identification tip line at 1-877-660-5077.
What’s afoot?
Ok, this is starting to creep me out.
No hands? No torsos? No heads?
What’s with the feet?
Nike shoes must somehow be in violation of Sharia law
I'm two years ahead of you.
But maybe that really is what it's all about.
Thank YOU!
How you doing big guy? It's been ages.
Can anyone explain this?
I've never heard of it.
shhhAAAARK!
Is this a cult thing?
Hmmmm....
Maybe some peoples' feet were causing them to sin ...
I really don’t think you should let fear take a foothold.
There is bound to be a logical explaination, if you follow this mystery step-by-step, putting one foot after the other.
I was thinking fish eating body away - could be from airplane crash off Brazil but some found two years ago.
Not sure.
I read that “natural process” to mean shark bite, LOL. I know of no other “natural process” whereby one’s feet are separated from one’s body.
You've got drowning victims, boating accident victims, and such like folks floating around in the sea. The currents on the North Pacific coast are particularly strong and push a lot of stuff on shore.
Note that the Mounties said that the feet became detached 'through a natural process'.
And running shoes FLOAT.
What's happening here is that during the natural process of decomposition, feet and hands are the first things to go. Not much in the way of flesh, very complicated joints, plenty of access for fish and what not. And the feet being encased in the opposite of concrete overshoes, they float near the surface and are pushed onshore by the currents.
Still creeps me out, but at least there's not some crazed serial foot-chopper out there with a boat.
If the shoe fits...
“The feet have separated from the body through a natural process, the RCMP said. Can anyone explain this?”
They have very aggresive athelete foot fungi in Canada.
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