"This is some freak who has access to dead bodies, like a mortician or [embalmer] and the fact that those bodies are already dead and accounted for nobody would find a DNA match," wrote another commenter on the Sun's website. "Time for the RCMP to spy on morticians with boats." And another: "Maybe it is a prank being done by anyone that works with cadavers. Some university students having a good laugh."
Considering how rare it is for feet to wash ashore, especially in a similar location, maybe this is true:
"I think it's a coincidence, absolutely. There's a multitude of sources in this oceanic environment region," says Richard Thomson, a physical oceanographer with the federal Institute of Ocean Sciences on Vancouver Island. "There's not a mystery to be solved." Thomson also offers a straightforward explanation for why all the feet are from the same side of the body, suggesting that right feet may be more firmly lodged in their shoes: "Since we're mostly right-handed, we tie up sneakers stronger on the right foot; the foot we kick with, push off with."
Is finding feet on a shore a regular occurence? Maybe....I think this recent suggestion might prove to be a valid one:
If they can determine length of time that the feet have ceased being alive, my guess is what you are looking at are the remains of the tsunami victims from a few years back that took place the day after Christmas. It would take quite a bit of time for the body, and bones to pull away from the foot, and decompose to this point, however encasement in a sneaker would prevent that portion from decomposition, thus the foot is preserved.
Eight feet had been reportedly found since 2004 that's in addition to the five found in B.C.
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