Another Human Foot Washes Up in Canada
- Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:02pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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This black boot washed along the British Columbia shore Saturday, containing the ninth human foot discovered in the area since 2007. (Image source: British Columbia Coroner's Service)
A ninth human foot washed ashore along the British Columbia coast Saturday, adding to the mystery of why floating human feet continue to turn up in Canada.
Children at a Port Moody camp spotted the hiking boot-clad foot and reported the sighting to the police, according to the Vancouver Sun.
An official from the British Columbia coroner’s office said there is no evidence of foul play and that the foot appeared to have “disarticulated naturally” through decomposition after spending a long time in water. The others have been found in similar condition.
“There were no tool mark impressions or cut marks that would suggest possible suspicious activity,” coroner Stephen Fonseca said.
However, the latest foot was found in fresh water — not salt water, like the eight previous ones discovered since 2007. It is also the first to be found in a boot rather than a running shoe.
According to the Sun, the boot is a black, men’s size 12 Cougar-brand hiking boot, with blue interior felt lining.
An autopsy was performed on the foot and it is currently undergoing DNA analysis to aid in identification.
Fonseca said this is probably not the last foot that will wash ashore.
“We could well see more come up,” he said, according to the Globe and Mail. “We do have a lot of people who meet their demise in an aquatic environment, and there are people wearing shoes that are buoyant, and for those people who have died in those waterways, that’s probably the body part that is going to resurface.”
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Comments (81)
TrailBlazer66
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:05amWhat country on that side of the globe performs the most diabolical atrocities? Red China…could it be with the right direction and strong enough current, this could be just more evidence later surfacing of the stories from people who have escaped there?
Report Post »Deckle
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:21amInteresting comment. Can we tell by DNA the race of the person or nationality?
Report Post »cadejo69
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 10:03amUnless the Chinise are getting rid of their basketball players… how do you explain the size 12? not exactly the average chinise shoe size is it?
Report Post »Right sided reality
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 10:47amGreat insight cos there’s only FRESH WATER between Canada & China, right? Did u even read the article before spouting anti china rubbish – If it smells like a hippy & types like a hippy ………………………..
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 11:56amThis is just really weird. The Canucks are making it sound like it‘s a normal thing to have shoe’s with feet in them bobbing up in lakes….And how fresh was the water? Was it near an ocean inlet? I live in a Rocky Mt. state right now and I don’t recall any stories of feet with shoes floating up on any of our lakes?
Report Post »Something is strange here and they are not telling us what they really think as to the reason why this is happening.
garyM
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:15pmI didn’t we had so many Columbos on the Blaze>>>>LOLL
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:53pmAnyone able to remember that the earthquake and Tsunami were in JAPAN….. and not China? Boneheads.
Report Post »bunnellyl
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:07pmGood theory, however…! How many Chinese, or any asians, wear a size 12 boot..! That’s huge by any standards…
Report Post »TrailBlazer66
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:01pmRe: The comment on the size 12 shoe and Asian size….Generally yes, that is true, however, many victims that are being held in their “detention” (death) camps are NOT Asian! I’m not trying to make a case for this, but consider that possibility among others. I don’t buy the theory of downed aircraft and capsized boat victims remains finally making it to the surface as there have been too many occurences and in a specific area/region Why now? and why there…
Report Post »KBARRANCH
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:43pmIts a size 12, most likely not a Chinaman…
Report Post »deadpammy
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:50amI went to the Cougar web page, it’s a Canadian company, it would be interesting to know what year that boot was being manufactured to get an idea how long ago the person wearing it fell to their demise.
Report Post »bignebraskan
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 10:00amCougar may be a company in Canada, but more than likely the shoe was made in China or a third world country…like Nike has third world countries making their shoes. The Chinese govt sells just as many Nikes to their own people as they ship to the USA for retail sale. It is a crime that the people in third world countries survive on slave labor of $2 day. And the OWS bums are protesting what exactly??? Look at the videos on the internet and you’ll see most of the people dressed like bums.
Report Post »rfraley
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:27amBears love hikers, mystery solved.
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 10:25amBears don’t use tools. I don’t see how they can rule out foul play. The person could be shot anywhere above the boot. I also wonder if there were any drugs in the tissues. Do these shoes float?
Report Post »stogieguy7
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:24am“There is no evidence of foul play…”
And people wonder why so many of us are so cynical about government and the media. They say that and none of the articles challenge the department on the statement. As if feet – with shoes still on and in decent condition – wash ashore all the time. Everywhere.
Let’s see, human feet – disconnected from the rest of the body right at the ankle – wash ashore in one (and only one) geographical area. It’s not as if shod feet are also washing ashore on Cape Cod, South Padre Island and Laguna Beach. And we‘re to believe that there’s no foul play involved. Which is exactly why feet keep washing ashore.
Good job BC – keep proving why you’re the serial murder capital of Canada.
Report Post »cal_105
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:27amI believe it is caused by Global warming, I meant climate change.
Report Post »jens63
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:17amNo foul play! I guess there are a lot of loose feet running around out there…
Report Post »TheBloodOfTyrants
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 10:55am@JENS63
Wakka, wakka, wakka!!! lol
Report Post »Katydidnt
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:00amYeah, its the currents. If it was from a killer around there, the rest of the body wouldn’t have had time to disappear from being eaten and disintegrating in the water. The shoe is protecting the foot from what the rest of the body went through. There will be a lot of debris human and otherwise washing up on the shores from the tsunami, but not yet. There is one shore in Hawaii that is notorious for debris washing up. It is all the currents.
Report Post »tmanter
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:59amGeorge Soros
Report Post »hgaut
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:27amNaw it‘s Bush’s fault.
Report Post »themanchildmustgo
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:59amIt’s sad but, it’s possibly remains from some of the plane crashes over the past couple years
Report Post »CatholiConservative
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:50amThe art of having people sleep with the fishes is loosing its technique
Report Post »waymoregooder
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:42amEver wonder what happens to shoplifters at Nordstrom’s Rack?
Report Post »Mystery solved.
I_can't_believe_this_stuff
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:18amMaybe the bear didn’t like the footy taste … just sayin’
Report Post »countryfirst
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:01amThe some in the left are kicking each other so hard for voting for our current POTUS that their feet are falling off. The real mystery is how did they get in Canada?
Report Post »HYPNOTOAD
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:00pmYou are probably right, they were going to canada (America’s hat) because it is more in tune with their socialist feelings and laws.
Report Post »RichEG
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:49amWhy I don’t eat seafood.
Filet of sole.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:28amSharia law.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:51amSasquatch
Report Post »Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 11:41amCaught shoplifting with their feet?
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:17amI think this is strange to say the least……. I would not like to on the beach when
Report Post »one washed up. Just kind of sad and gorrey…
burnteye86
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:04amI‘ve heard that some country’s punish their athletes when they loose. Could it be a Cuban baseball team?
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:13amIt’s obvious where they come from.
http://youtu.be/Hq8EGbz4Puw
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:49amwow someone dont like feet! hahahahaha
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:05amSerial killer.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:55amWell, instead of scratching your heads while staring at the foot, you could be looking for bodies…
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:46amThe bodies have probably been long ago eaten by fish. The feet were preserved by the shoes.
Report Post »FugMan
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:48amThe shoes force the decomposed feet to the surface. They than follow the currents to the NW coast. I believe these are from people killed in the Tsunami of in the Indian Ocean and Japans more recently. Poor people. (Makes the sign of the Cross.)
Report Post »thunder4570
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 8:49amI dont know many from that area that have size 12 feet, I could be wrong but they are usally small people.
Report Post »theborgster
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:43amThis is obviously George Bush’s fault. He caused Hurricane Katrina, the current dismal economy, and the awful taste of horse raddish. What can be next?
Report Post »isobamamadd
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:31amGot to stop the Druggies and liberals from walking on water, they are an easy meal for Orca’s and great whites, maybe Sasquatch doesn’t like smelly feet..or Chinese Foot wear!!!!
Report Post »TheMarine
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:39pmThere is no way this is a coincidence.
Report Post »Adam Hill
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:38pmA lot of tsunami victims from Japan. The shoe protects the foot from decay and it floats. This will be in the news a lot.
Report Post »RantNationDotCom
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:16amThat was my first thought, but how many Japanese guys have a size 12 shoe? I‘m not saying it couldn’t happen, but it seems likely the shoe would be smaller than that.
Report Post »sheerterror
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:24amThis foot was found in fresh water, don’t think its from the tsunami.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 1:21amThe other feet were found long before the tsunami…
Report Post »There may be a lot of short people out there in Canada….some where.
Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:12pmYuck!
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