13th dismembered foot found on British Columbia shore
A man walking his dog on a British Columbia beach this week made a grisly discovery: A foot in a shoe, along with part of a lower leg. Adding to the mystery is that it is the 13th foot to wash up on the Canadian province's coastline over the past decade.
"Our early analysis suggests these are human remains and we will do further investigation and testing ... in the coming weeks," said Andy Watson, a spokesman for the BC Coroners Service, about the Thursday discovery. The remains included a tibia and fibula.
The Coroners Service said all previous 12 feet were human. The service identified eight of them and determined they belonged to six individuals.
No foul play was involved in those cases, according to the Coroners Service, though it did not say how it arrived at that conclusion.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Coroners Service are trying to identify the owner of the foot found this week, as well as the cause of death. They said they will look into any possible matches to missing persons cases.
It's not clear why so many feet have washed up on British Columbia shores. When asked, the coroner's spokesman said, "I'm not able to speak to" the reason.
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Been happening for years, Weird
Beyond weird...Interesting that the coroner didn't or wasn't able to tell us how the other limbs were not foul play.
Well I know in one case they connected (pun intended) a foot with a fisherman who fell overboard during a storm so no foul play there. The other cases I agree, how would anyone know?
Am I the only one who finds the official statements absurd?
Well trying to play the devils advocate here I'll give explaining them a shot.
Might mean that on the feet found and examined that there is no evidence like knife cuts, chew marks or saw cuts to indicate anything other than the feet naturally disarticulated.
Pretty much the same as the above reason that based upon the available evidence (the feet) there is no reason to suspect the cases are connected
If new or further evidence becomes available then of course theories could change.
THIRTEEN times??
Lol not saying I'm right but they can only work with the evidence they have available and when that evidence is a foot in a running shoe there's not much to work with.
Certainly... but declaring that there's no "apparent" connection is... well... not apparent to me, at all.
Nothing wrong with peeps having their own opinions
What is a "peep"?
Lol peeps=people. Heard it on some tv show this weekend.
“Speculation ranges from natural disasters, such as the tsunami of 2004, to the work of drug dealers, serial killers and human traffickers”.
The Toronto Star
They all sound more likely than "no connection".
Speculation can also include suicides and accidental drownings. All up in the air at this point.