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Vancouver - home for displaced feet

Discussion in 'Break Room' started by Cameron, May 27, 2008.

  1. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

  2. medisrch

    medisrch Active Member

    Re: Fourth foot found

    Someone said our Gordon was washed up too!
     
  3. drsarbes

    drsarbes Well-Known Member

    "A human foot has been found on a beach near the west-coast city of Vancouver, Canadian police say.

    It is the fifth human foot to wash up on beaches in the area in the past year. The latest find is a left foot, whereas the other four were right feet."

    Does this mean the depth off the beach is 5 feet?????

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

    Steve
     
  4. simonf

    simonf Active Member

    Re: Fourth foot found

    there's another one this week, a left this time , no word yet on whether it's paired with the others!
     
  5. twirly

    twirly Well-Known Member

    Sherlock. Pipe in hand, scratching chin enters stage left: ''Watson........................

    Methinks there's a rogue chiropodist at work here!

    His scalpal technique seems to require some input with fine debridement''.

    :eek:
     
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    Times Online are reporting:
    Plane crash seen as answer to Canada's severed feet mystery
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  7. medisrch

    medisrch Active Member

    Could achieve a rating on the Footsie Index!
     
  8. twirly

    twirly Well-Known Member

    Hmm......

    Oh I get it. Plane crashes = feet fall off! Perfect sense. :rolleyes:

    NOT sinister!!!! :butcher:

    If I find 5 feet washed up I would think:'' Hey ho nowt odd about that then.'' :eek:

    Do Canadians think differently?

    You tell me.

    Regards,
     
  9. drsarbes

    drsarbes Well-Known Member

    "Our examination has found no evidence that the feet were severed"

    Oh man.......... now THAT is funny!!!!!
    How about the fact that there is no BODY attached to them??????

    Feet are separated from rest of body....either they were REMOVED or else they just fell off.

    Hmmmmmmmmmm...wonder which it is.

    Steve
     
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    6th foot found

    The Canadian Press are reporting:
    Sixth human foot found on beach near Campbell River on Vancouver Island
     
  11. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

    netizens

    This must be the worst case of mix-o-ma- tosis ever seen in Canada:dizzy:

    toelsayer;)
     
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    The Globe and Mail are reporting:
    Latest severed foot a hoax, coroner says
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    Theories running rampant

    The Times Colonist are reporting:
    Theories on feet running rampant around the world
    Explanations for washed-up remains range from realistic to ridiculous

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  14. twirly

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    Still a tad unsure about this,



    If this is the case then why aren't there lots of trainer clad feet washing up all over the world?

    Not being an expert on oceanic currents but even I would ponder at the following:
    Perhaps I am looking too closely at the more macabre possibility:

    My question: How long would it take for the ankle joint to decompose if submerged in sea water?

    If the 'plane crash theory is to be given consideration & possibly traumatic amputated occurred during the crash I could understand the floating trainer thing.

    However, If death is due to drowning (tsunami) then why not whole legs floating in?

    So, the decomposition?

    Anyone?

    Regards,
     
  15. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

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    Press Release:
    Police ask public for help in case of feet washed ashore
     
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    Possible Break Through

    CTVBC.ca are reporting:
    A possible breakthrough in missing feet mystery
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    Another FOOT has turned up!

    TheSpec.com are reporting;
    Another mystery foot washes ashore in BC
     

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    Here is a you tube video on the latest find:

     
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  20. admin

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    Here is a short spoof on this story:

     
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  21. Fraoch

    Fraoch Active Member

    Nice one!

    Dr. Brian Brodie DPM has apparently recently presented a paper on this bizarre story. It seems the BC/Wahington foot count is up to 16 now.
     
  22. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

  23. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

    netizens

    The recent gruesome find of a male right foot (size 8.5 ) in a Nike running shoe washed up on a Richmond beach belonged to a dead man from the Lower Mainland, according to official sources.The BC Coroners Service used DNA analysis to determine the owner and investigators are convinced the death was not suspicious based on the circumstances of his disappearance and his personal history.

    toeslayer
     
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    Another has come ashore:
    Seattle PI are reporting:
    Human foot washes ashore on Whidbey Island
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  25. Cameron

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    netizens

    In a recent edition of William Shanter's Wierd or What? (Discovery Channel) there was an item on the Vancouver Feet. It appears the most likely explanation was the remains belonged to people who had commited suicide by jumping from a nearby bridge.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_or_What?

    toeslayer
     
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    There has been another one!:

    Authorities are seeking more information about a small human foot that has washed ashore in Washington state.
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    Finally some resolution to the mystery:
    Coroner links two severed feet found in 2008 to missing Surrey man
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  30. Cameron

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  31. carolethecatlover

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    The answer is in "Eclipse" BY S. Mayers, them pesky vampires down the coast in
    Washington bury their bodies underwater, if you don't believe me, ask your teenage kids.
     
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    Another one has turned up in San Francisco:

    Severed foot in shoe washes up on Ocean Beach
     
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    Running shoe technology behind B.C.?s disembodied foot problem, says coroner
     
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