Sixth Foot Washes Ashore in Canada

'It's very unusual,' say stumped local cops
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 19, 2008 10:48 AM CDT
Sixth Foot Washes Ashore in Canada
Sneaker in the Sand with a Lake   ((c) josephpetepickle)

Yet another severed foot—the sixth in a year and second this week—washed ashore yesterday in Canada on an island near Vancouver. Like all but one of the others, it was a sneaker-clad right foot. "It's very unusual," said a police spokeswoman. "To my knowledge, we have not encountered anything like this." So far, investigators are stumped. (More severed feet stories.)

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