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Sixth Foot Washes Ashore in Canada

(Newser Summary) – 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.

Source: Associated Press

elsewhere: Latest foot comes ashore AFP

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