Human Foot Found In Sasamat Lake, Canada

The agony of the feet continues in Canada.

British Columbia has been plagued by human feet, eight of which have recently washed ashore in the province, with another appendage found on the shore of Sasamat Lake near Port Moody on Friday, The Vancouver Sun reports.

This is at least the ninth foot discovered in British Columbia since 2007, according to The National Post. By other counts, there have been a dozen feet found.

The case of the mysterious feet has vexed authorities and the public, with details of the latest find differing from its predecessors in two ways, the CBC says.

The ninth foot, found last Friday by a child at a camp, was in a body of fresh water. All the previous feet, believed to have come from six different people, were in saltwater. And unlike the first eight, which were inside running shoes, the latest foot was in a hiking boot, media outlets said.

Like the earlier incidents, investigators don't suspect foul play in the latest discovery, The Globe and Mail reports. Medical examiners believe the feet separated from dead bodies due to natural causes.

Comments

[Nieschk]

09:59 AM on 11/14/2011

"Like the earlier incidents, investigators don't suspect foul play in the latest discovery, The Globe and Mail reports. Medical examiners believe the feet separated from dead bodies due to natural causes."

That just sounds too suspect to me... either this is a common occurance that happens everywhere and just happened to make the news this time or strange things happening with our northern neighbors.

[Cascadienne]

07:41 PM on 11/13/2011

Nothing more than tidal currents pushing debris (in this case, the feet of jumpers - we have lots of tall bridges over waterways) in common patterns of distribution. Sorry.

[firstamendment3]

05:14 PM on 11/12/2011

Could you please return those feet to Washington DC? They belong to the mouths of our Republican lineup.

[elise81]

12:41 PM on 11/12/2011

Feet found have been protected due by shoes. Since the ankle is weak, and after being in the water, it breaks off from the body. Also, feet can become adipocere (like turning to soap, almost) and hard to identify.

[Franco Jason Di Palma]

11:06 AM on 11/12/2011

Correction: Far too many to be a coincidence. Sorry about that.

[Franco Jason Di Palma]

11:05 AM on 11/12/2011

Fra too many to be a coincidence.

[BoFo]

07:13 PM on 11/11/2011

Was it a big foot?

[DannyDiamond]

05:46 PM on 11/11/2011

Sounds like the police could really use a leg up on this one. ;)

[davide463]

01:31 PM on 11/11/2011

" Medical examiners believe the feet separated from dead bodies due to natural causes". What is so natural about this?

[cuoi]

08:39 PM on 11/11/2011

I hate it when after spending a day humping in the mountains back packing your feet just walk off never to return. Any of these feet size 13?

[lucidshaun]

10:42 AM on 11/11/2011

Sounds like these Canadian investigators could really use a hand.

[Nieschk]

10:00 AM on 11/14/2011

or bodies to go with the feet

[PKJ1980]

10:28 AM on 11/11/2011

He was just trying to get his foot in the door. He didn't anticipate that door closing.

[Bills Catz]

09:25 AM on 11/11/2011

Oh, those Canadians! They love a good joke, eh? Pierre down the city morgue, he keeps bring home de feet an we thro dem in de water, us.

[CarlyQ]

07:54 PM on 11/11/2011

Kind of funny, actually.

[didereaux]

08:22 AM on 11/11/2011

Something rings a bell here. You know the 'Bones' series? The woman forensic anthropologist. Well the series is based on some books by a real life forensic person. If memory serves one of those stories had to do with finding feet and running shoes. Not being a big fan of her writing skills I haven't the inclination to go searching this out. But since the settings are both in Canada is the possibility of a copycat, or a grisly spoof of 'Bones' posible?

[cdnman]

01:55 PM on 11/11/2011

I think they identified a couple of pairs of the feet through dna as missing people, probable suicides..if the body has been in the water for a long time, parts will detach from rot etc...the feet in sneakers stay buoyant as the sneakers can float and evetually drift ashore, where depends on the currents.

[DannyDiamond]

05:44 PM on 11/11/2011

Then why isn't that happening everywhere and not in just one area such as this?

[ofthrees]

11:08 AM on 11/12/2011

this story about the feet has been ongoing for years. this is even clearly stated in the article, for those who didn't catch when this was all over the news three, four years ago. ergo, basic logic would dictate that, much like l&o gets their show ideas from the headlines, that bones episode was BASED on this case.

[Scott Moguns]

08:10 AM on 11/11/2011

I think someone is "footing" the law enforcement officials!

In all seriousness, this reminds me of the case when they found 8 pairs of feet a few a years ago....
I aam wondering if there is medical school in the area where these have been found?

[Scott Moguns]

08:06 AM on 11/11/2011

I think some is "footing" around with the law enforcement officials!