In the latest episode of a bizarre and deepening mystery, another human foot has washed up on the shores of British Columbia - the second this week, and the sixth in less than a year. The latest, believed to be a man's right foot, was discovered at the hide-tide line on a sandbank off Vancouver Island yesterday morning by a beachcomber. It was still inside a black size 10 Adidas trainer.
Sandra Malone, manager of a nearby caravan park, told local TV news: "You could see the foot was actually inside the running shoe, it was a black running shoe. You could see the two bones were sticking out above the ankle part, probably three to four inches. It was clean right across... it doesn't look like it was broken."
All six of the feet have been found since August 2007 in the Strait of Georgia, or in the nearby mouth of the Fraser River. All have been right feet except the fifth, which was discovered on Monday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have said there is no evidence the feet were severed by force, and there has been speculation that they may have detached from the bodies of accident victims after long immersion in the waters of the Fraser. Forensic scientists have now completed DNA profiles of the first three feet, but the chief coroner of British Columbia, Terry Smith, said on Tuesday that investigators have not yet been able to match them with any missing persons. |