Re: Crime? Mystery ..fourth human foot washes ashore


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Hester Mofet wrote:
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<ParallelCooler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On May 24, 8:23�am, Hester Mofet <HesterNOSPAMmo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > In article <eqUZj.4178$IK1....@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, JonesieCat
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <jonesiecac...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Mystery deepens as fourth human foot washes ashore
> > > May 24, 2008 - 2:29PM
> >
> > > Advertisement
> > > Another severed human foot has been discovered washed ashore on > > > Canada's
> > > Pacific coast, but police are no closer to solving the gruesome > > > mystery on
> > > where they are coming from.
> >
> > > The shoe-clad foot was discovered yesterday on a small uninhabited > > > island
> > > south of Vancouver in the Strait of Georgia, and is the fourth > > > discovered
> > > in
> > > the region in the past 10 months.
> >
> > > All four cases involved right feet, and each was found on a > > > different
> > > island. The earlier feet were also still in shoes.
> >
> > > The discoveries have sparked wide speculation over where the feet > > > came
> > > from
> > > and who they belonged to, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police > > > warned
> > > people today "not to get caught up in unsubstantiated theories".
> >
> > > None of the severed feet appears to have been forcibly removed, and
> > > because
> > > the shoes would have protected the feet as they floated in the > > > water,
> > > forensic experts say they could even have floated into the strait > > > from a
> > > long distance away.
> >
> > > DNA testing has failed to link the earlier discoveries to any > > > missing
> > > person
> > > cases in British Columbia.
> >
> > > Last August, a foot was found inside a man's Reebok sneaker on a > > > nearby
> > > island, just a few days after another foot was discovered by > > > beachcombers
> > > on
> > > another Island.
> >
> > > The remains of a third right foot were found on February 8.
> >
> > > There is no evidence to suggest the foot - or any or the previous > > > three -
> > > was forcibly removed, Police Constable Annie Linteau said.
> >
> > > "All four were wearing socks and were in a running shoe," Linteau > > > said.
> >
> > > Two of the feet are sise 12. Police are not releasing the size of > > > the
> > > others.
> >
> > > There has been speculation the feet may have come from a plane which > > > hit
> > > the
> > > water three years ago killing five men off the islands. Only one > > > body was
> > > recovered.
> >
> > > The victims' families paid for the plane wreckage to be pulled from > > > the
> > > depths but there were no bodies inside the wreckage.
> >
> > > Linteau could not comment whether or not the feet were from the > > > crash
> > > victims.
> >
> > > "That's something we are exploring as well," she said.
> >
> > > Reuters
> >
> > >http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/mystery-deepens-as-fourth-human-foot...
> > > shore/2008/05/24/1211183164271.html
> >
> > > -------
> >
> > > Wonder why they keep saying "not forcibly removed"? As if a person > > > just
> > > =accidently= lost his foot??
> >
> > > jc
> >
> > I think they mean that it doesn't appear to have saw marks or any > > other
> > marks that make it appear to have been amputated by a human being. > > That
> > means it may have just floated away from the rest of the body or, > > being
> > in a shoe, been too difficult for the sharks or fish to gnaw on. So it
> > seems that either these feet came from the guys on the plane or that
> > maybe some did and someone else fell off a trail into the ocean or
> > someone fell off a boat. I noticed that 2 shoes were size 12, which
> > statistically would mean those two were men's feet. I notice it didn't
> > confirm that or say that the other two were men's feet or women's > > feet.
> >
> > Strange, but probably not a killer lopping off feet and tossing them
> > off shore to be found. :)
> >
> > Hester Mofet
>
> ...except that they're all RIGHT feet. That lends a bit of
> creepiness.
>
> If it's the plane victims, that's an odds-busting coincidence.
>
> I'm picturing people somehow restrained by one foot....and forced
> to work. Perhaps some penal colony-boat-thing in Asia?
>
> Kris

The all-right feet thing is quite an oddity, you're right. I would put
my money on coincidence, though, before a floating penal colony. I
would think if they ran DNA, they would release the information that
the victims were all Asian if that were the case.

If you end up being right, well, I'll buy ya a drink next time you're
in town. :)

Hester Mofet

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/world/americas/04feet.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

Nor has anyone reported finding any left feet.

“They might be aggregated somewhere else,” said Curtis Ebbesmeyer, a
former professor of oceanography at the University of Washington who
has made a career of tracking the routes of floating objects,
including (empty) sneakers spilled from cargo ships. Mr. Ebbesmeyer
said the opposite shapes of left and right shoes could make them
respond differently to currents.

snip

Ms. Geris has heard more rumors than most people. Last August, at the
end of a long afternoon hike on the island with her husband, George
Baugh, she spotted a shoe near the trunk of a tree, just a few yards
from a tidal cove, and she knew instantly that the shoe was not empty.

“It was such a hell of a big foot,” said Ms. Geris, 51, a native of
France. “My theory is that it washed onto the beach and then an animal
picked it up.”

It was foot No. 2, sheathed in a white leather Reebok. Size 12.

The couple used their walking sticks to set the foot on its sole.
Flies flew out. They saw the frayed threads of a sock, then bone,
yellowed by time and water, like quartz. They tried to call the police
but there was no cellphone reception. They decided to hike out in
search of a phone signal, leaving the foot.

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I mean, you don't just accidentally lose a foot FGS. How can they tell it wasn't forcibly removed when the bone was yellowed by time and water (and animals gnawing and whatever else). Too many coincidences in this. All right feet and all with shoes on, what are the odds of that. It sounds intentional for whatever reason.

Chocolic

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