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BoneyardDem

(1,202 posts)
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 04:46 PM Feb 2018

How common is it to have a human foot wash ashore, averaging at least once per year?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/foot-discovered-on-canadian-island-is-13th-to-wash-ashore-since-2007/ar-BBJvn8l?li=BBnbcA1

A human foot that washed ashore on Vancouver Island in December belonged to a Washington state man, officials said Wednesday, the 13th such case of a foot behind found along British Columbia's coast since 2007.
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It's not clear if there's any link between the gruesome discoveries.

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How common is it to have a human foot wash ashore, averaging at least once per year? (Original Post) BoneyardDem Feb 2018 OP
Some very hungry sharks is my guess... CTyankee Feb 2018 #1
they say up here that if you find a sneaker on the beach, it might have a foot inside! Canoe52 Feb 2018 #2
If you hold it to your ear, can you hear a track meet? n/t Decoy of Fenris Feb 2018 #5
Obviously, they belonged to Republicans. Everyone knows they Atticus Feb 2018 #3
awesome!!!!! BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #6
Is it the same thing as the dryer only leaving you with left-foot socks? brooklynite Feb 2018 #4
It's not easy getting through the Canadian Border... lame54 Feb 2018 #7
I wonder if there is a pattern with missing individuals? LeftInTX Feb 2018 #8
Criminal Minds...comes to mind BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #9
Because shoes often float, and as a body disarticulates in petronius Feb 2018 #10
There you go... spinbaby Feb 2018 #11

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
3. Obviously, they belonged to Republicans. Everyone knows they
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 05:40 PM
Feb 2018

don't have leg to stand on!

Professor! Rim shot, please!

LeftInTX

(25,141 posts)
8. I wonder if there is a pattern with missing individuals?
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 06:28 PM
Feb 2018

If they are victims of a serial killer, it is not unusual to victims to hang out at the same bar or something like that...

Are they the same age? Same sex? Live in the same area?

petronius

(26,598 posts)
10. Because shoes often float, and as a body disarticulates in
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 06:43 PM
Feb 2018

the water, it's often the buoyant sneaker and whatever it contains that remains at the surface...

spinbaby

(15,088 posts)
11. There you go...
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 06:49 PM
Feb 2018

...bringing in logic and reason. Much more interesting to have aliens conspiring with Canadians to remove feet.

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