Canadian Tourists Find Severed Human Leg Outside Florida Rental Home
- Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:42pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A severed human leg washed ashore in Florida Tuesday. (Image source: WTVT-TV)
A group of Canadian tourists made a grisly discovery Tuesday outside their Florida holiday rental home: A severed human leg had washed ashore.
St. Petersburg police spokesman Mike Puetz told local Fox affiliate WTVT-TV the family had gone outside to watch the sunrise over Tampa Bay when they spotted the leg.
“We don’t think the leg has been in the water that long. We’re still trying to identify the age, sex and race of this person,” Puetz told the station.
The leg, intact from hip to just above the ankle, had no identifying characteristics. Police said it appears to be a right leg, but has no foot attached from which to pull prints, according to WTVT. It appears to be from a heavyset individual and is clean-shaven, suggesting it may be that of a woman. There were no shoes, socks or any other type of clothing found.
The local medical examiner’s office confirmed Wednesday the leg had been cut cleanly off with a tool. Additional DNA testing is underway to try to identify it.
“What they’ve told us verbally, at this point, is that it does appear that at least one end of the leg was removed by use of a tool, a cutting tool of some sort,” police spokesman Mike Puetz told WTVT.
Police searched the entire area where the leg was found but have not turned up any additional clues, the station reported. There have not been any missing persons reports or reports of violent activity that would suggest a connection.
Rumors that a severed foot had been discovered nearby were unfounded, the station reported.
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Comments (53)
KangarooJack
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 11:19amPeople on the West Coast should be seeing other items washing up fairly soon-Japan’s Earthquake/Tsunami aftermath.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:08pmmove along, nothing here to see…
Report Post »saranda
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 10:37amAaah Florida. America’s waste can.
Report Post »JoeThePimpernel
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 9:04amDexter…
Report Post »rlimike
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 5:41amHey …. the crabs & lobsters need to eat too.
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 2:44amAs they say in the biz… This story has LEGS.
Report Post »alina.bolero
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:00amGreat! Now I have guilt for laughing uncontrollably at your comment.
Report Post »billvassos
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 2:20amObamacare at its finest…..
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:14pmWell some guy apparently got rid of his wife or girlfriend. If you throw a body or parts of a body in a lake in Florida, you most likely are hoping an alligator or two will take care of the evidence.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:33pmSeriously that thing in that earlier post about camps and bags is very concerning!For those of you who live for scarey and grusome movies this is going to be a tingle up your leg that just wont stop…………….
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 2:40amMaybe it‘s Chris Mathew’s leg if it’s tingling.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:30pmIts the best part of wakin up, with Folgers in your cup ! And a severed human leg in the backyard…. Welcome to America.. Please come back soon !!!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:59pmSomewhere there‘s a pirate walking with a wooden peg that knows that leg’s story.
Report Post »Daytripper
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:33pmYes, but one who shaves his legs.
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:55pmGuess ya‘ll tain’t fishermen. Ya‘ll never heard ’a chummin’
Report Post »MN NICE
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 11:37amNo taint… Just a leg
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:49pmLike I said: I haven’t left Missouri in…..er.. well go ahead try to PROVE anything. Wait! With some of our new super-duper laws they may not have to “prove” anything. Besides; being charged with something is not the same as being convicted. (Who said I would know about that??)
Wait. What officer? I am just surfing the Blaze. Hey let go of……………………………………
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:48pm“Tastes aboot like chicken, eh?”
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:28pmHehe.
Serious, in British Columbia, every now and then a human foot or two are washed ashore with an uncanny regularity, usually still in a sneaker.
Cement shoes, boys, cement!
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 12:00amYou worry me just a little! lol.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:23pmMore like pork
OMG
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:42pmWow! I’ll bet that leg used to be connected to somebody.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:20pmBush did it …………….right?
Report Post »ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:39pmlegalities prevent me from commenting!
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:24pmI just Hate it when things like that happen to me when I’m on Vacation
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:25pmA drug connection in south Florida, surely you jest.
OMG
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:15pmBrace yourself, but there could be a drug connection here.
Report Post »scheduler
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:21pmMost likely
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Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:42pmI’m braced but nothing surprises me.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:03pm“drug connection” so it was a Ron Paul supporter?
Report Post »OBAMA IS A FOUL EVIL TRAITOR
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:11pmAttention!!!
Google the following TRUE stories! SHOCKING!!!
* OBAMA SIGNED LAW ALLOWING INDEFINITE DETENTION & TORTURE OF AMERICANS
* MILITARY TO DESIGNATE U.S. CITIZENS AS ‘ENEMY’ DURING U.S. COLAPSE
* HOMELAND SECURITY ACTIVATED HUNDREDS OF FEMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS ACROSS THE U.S. IN DECEMBER 2011
* CONGRESS FUNDS MASSIVE EXPANSION OF TSA CHECKPOINTS
* FEMA BUYS 140 MILLION BODY BAGS
* FEMA BUYS 1 BILLION DOLLARS OF SURVIVAL FOODS
* LOCAL COPS GET MILITARY WEAPONS, TANKS, ETC
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:19pmAnd all I got was this lousy T shirt.
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:22pmAre you saying that Obama is responsible for the leg?
Report Post »Or are you just way off topic?
V-MAN MACE
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:36pmWow, they bought body bags too? To match the hundreds of millions of coffins people have spotted?
What the hell…MEGADEATH is coming….gear up!
Time to WATER THE TREE OF LIBERTY!!!!!
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:10pmThe Canadians find feet with the shoes still on them floating up on their coasts. Now..Florida is finding whole legs. I would hope there is some kind of investigation going on to find the source of these grisly discoveries.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:24pmIf the foot was wearing BRUNO MAGLI shoes, we just might have a story.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:09pmCome on people. Everyone knows if you want to catch the really big fish, You have to CHUM!!!!
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:05pmSounds like an expensive place.
Report Post »mrfunn
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:40pmperhaps he still has both arms
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:03pm“Tampa Bay”
Report Post »tharpdevenport
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:00pmAnd heads will be rolling, if Roseanne Barr gets in charge.
Report Post »KeystoneState
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:57pmWtf. I try to stay positive, but Sheesh!
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:13pmI agree….
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:24pmKeystone you made me laugh thanks i needed that…………………….cause i feel exactly the same……………
Report Post »kindling
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 8:47pmLegs washing up on the east coast and feet washing up on the west coast.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:00pmTampa is on the west coast of Florida.
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 9:24pmFlorida is on the East Coast, California is on the West Coast. Get it?
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:31pmKindling means British Columbia’s West Coast.
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on December 28, 2011 at 11:57pmStill the same West Coast. We have feet washing up in California too. They’re just more laid back than the BC feet.
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