Childs foot washes ashore in Washington State - that's 9 feet in 4 years.

[cbdo2007]

Police: Small human foot washes ashore in Wash.

TACOMA, Wash. – Authorities are seeking more information about a small human foot that washed ashore in Washington state.

Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum (FULL-jum) said Tuesday the right foot was still inside a boy's size 6 "OzArk Trail" hiking boot, and likely belonged to a juvenile or small adult. He says the boots were sold in Walmart stores from 2004 to 2005.

The foot found early last week is believed to have floated in from either the Puyallup River or Puget Sound. It's the second to wash ashore in Washington state in four months.

In late August, a right foot believed to be that of a woman or child washed up on a beach in Whidbey Island, about 70 miles north of Tacoma.

Fulghum says police don't yet know if the cases are linked, or if they have any connection to cases in British Columbia, where seven feet have washed ashore in the past four years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101215/ap_on_re_us/us_mystery_foot
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This is so creepy! What the heck is going on with all these feet?!?!?

[Bosso 63]

1. Shoes take a long time to break down, and often float.

I don't want to think about the fact that it's a size 6.

[cbdo2007]

2. kick

[SidDithers]

3. Have they identified the race of any of the feet...

There have been many cases of human cargo, coming from the far east and landing in west coast ports. It's grizzly speculation, but I can imagine cases where traceless immigrants are dumped overboard into the Pacific by criminal smugglers.

Sid

[cbdo2007]

6. wikipedia has a little bit more info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_human_foot_discoveries

Such as that the first shoe found was sold mainly in India, but the rest were sold mainly in the US or Canada. No races of the people have been identified or are public knowledge at least.

[kenny blankenship]

7. I bet this killer is "employed" in human trafficking

that's why none of the feet can be traced to open missing persons cases. They don't come from N.America and they didn't go missing. The killer picks only people he knows can't be identified by US or Canadian police. Back home, wherever that is, everyone thinks they made it to the USA/Canada and are enjoying the good life too much to write postcards. So the killer sends postcards back in the rivers for them - like a message in a bottle.

Well it's a theory anyway.

[kenny blankenship]

4. It's hard to understand

how that they haven't managed to trace any of these body parts to missing persons cases. 9 in Washington state, 7 in BC. Apparently not a single one has ever been related to a person the authorities know is missing.

How could a serial killer choose so many untraceable victims?

[Poll_Blind]

9. This is what I thought as well- it's very disturbing to contemplate. n/t

PB

[NightWatcher]

5. My warped brain goes to the thought that serial killer is toying with someone

[cbdo2007]

8. Here is a map I've put together as to the locations of found feet....

Wikipedia is actually saying there have been 10 feet found total.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_human_foot_discoveries

Anyways, here is the map:



*sorry - they had the first 5 listed and I couldn't figure out how to add more besides to just copy the (5) image and paste it in the locations of the other found feet, so that's why there are so many 5's listed.

[guitar man]

10. They are taking Cheney out on a boat to feed him?

Into international waters in an attempt to skirt the law? :shrug: