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severed feet stories: 9 news summaries

 7th Severed Foot 
 Hits Canadian Shores 

Like others, severed by natural causes, but no less mysterious

Oct 29, 09 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another foot has washed up on a British Columbia beach, bringing the total to seven over the last two years. The right foot, inside a running shoe like some of the others, was separated from the body through a “natural process,” police officials tell the Vancouver... More »

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Canada May Have a Match
in Case of Severed Feet

New left foot also in New Balance sneaker

Nov 13, 08 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Another severed foot in an athletic shoe has washed up on a Canadian shore, the sixth in a bizarre series of feet found over the last 15 months, reports the Vancouver Sun. The left foot, encased in a New Balance running shoe, was found earlier this week on a riverbank... More »

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Canadian Foot Linked to Depressed Man

First to be identified in mysterious case of dismembered feet

Jul 20, 08 6:46 AM CDT
(AP) - One of five dismembered feet that have mysteriously washed ashore near Vancouver over the past year has been linked by DNA to a depressed man who disappeared a year ago, police announced. Investigators released no other information at the family's request. The foot is the first to be identified in... More »

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DNA Tests Yield Few Clues on Canada Victims

But authorities say
two of the floating feet belonged to one man

Jul 11, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canadian authorities have determined that two of the five feet found floating on British Columbia's coastline came from the same man. The only other information about the mystery victim are his shoe size (11) and brand preference (Nike), and fact that he must have been alive in early 2003 when... More »

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Mysterious Human Feet Baffle Police

Speculation afoot around washed up body parts

Jun 25, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are struggling to explain a string of washed up human feet found on beaches along one 125-mile stretch of British Columbia. So far five of the grisly, sneaker-clad appendages have been found, and all are right feet. “It’s a mystery,” said one Royal Canadian Mounted Police... More »

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Sixth Foot to Wash Ashore
Is a Hoax 

Prankster in Canada put animal paw
in running shoe

Jun 19, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest severed foot to wash ashore in Canada is a hoax, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports. The sneaker found this week near Vancouver actually contained an animal paw stuffed into a sock, authorities say. An official described the prank as “reprehensible and very disrespectful to the families... More »

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Sixth Foot Washes
Ashore in Canada

'It's very unusual,' say stumped local cops

Jun 19, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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5th Severed Foot Steps Up Canadian Probe

'This could take some time,' says cop

Jun 17, 08 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yet another severed foot—the fifth in a year—has washed ashore in British Columbia, causing authorities to take a fresh look at evidence. This is the first sneaker-clad left foot to be found so far. "We're certainly not discounting the possibility that this may be linked to the... More »

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Severed Feet Stump Cops
in Canada

Fourth sneakered foot in 10 months washes up on shore

May 25, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A fourth foot in a sneaker has washed up on a Canadian shore, leaving investigators more puzzled than ever. Each of the three previous right feet have been in sneakers and have washed up on different islands near Vancouver over the last 10 months, reports the Globe and Mail. The... More »

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