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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? [View all]

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? [View all] 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