The "curious" case of the Salish Sea Human Foot Discoveries:
Where finding feet and no body was termed unusual, and finding two feet or more has been given a "million to one odds".
Date
Place
Notes
August 20, 2007
Jedediah Island, British Columbia
A man's right foot; size 12 white-and-blue-mesh running shoe. The
remains were identified as those of a missing and possibly depressed man
from British Columbia.
August 26, 2007
Gabriola Island, British Columbia
A man's right foot; size 12 white Reebok.
February 8, 2008
Valdes Island, British Columbia
A right foot in a size 11 Nike (same person as June 16 finding). The remains were identified as a 21-year-old Surrey man who died of natural causes.
May 22, 2008
Kirkland Island, British Columbia
A known woman's right foot; blue-and-white New Balance sneaker (same person as November 11 finding).
June 16, 2008
Westham Island, British Columbia
A man's left foot (same person as February 8 finding).
August 1, 2008
Near Pysht, Washington
A right foot inside a man's black size 11 shoe.
November 11, 2008
Richmond, British Columbia
A known woman's left foot (same person as May 22 finding).
October 27, 2009
Richmond, British Columbia
A right foot in a size 8 1/2 Nike shoe. The remains were identified
as a Vancouver-area man who was reported missing in January 2008 and
died of natural causes.
August 27, 2010
Whidbey Island, Washington
A juvenile or female's right foot.
December 5, 2010
Tacoma, Washington
A juvenile or a small adult's right foot inside a boy's size 6 Ozark Trail hiking boot.
August 30, 2011
False Creek, British Columbia
Sex unknown. The foot was found in a man's white and blue size 9 runner.
November 4, 2011
Sasamat Lake, British Columbia
A man's right foot inside a size 12 hiking boot. Both were
identified as that of a local man who went missing in 1987. Foul play is
not suspected.
December 10, 2011
Lake Union, Seattle, Washington
Human leg bone and foot in a black plastic bag under the Ship Canal Bridge.
January 26, 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia
Possible Human Remains Found Washed Up In Shoe
lost my vision on Singing Beach (named after the sound the sand makes when you're slumping around) in Manchester By The Sea. I accidentally, after taking a brisk dip in the Atlantic, kneeled on my spectacles and crunched them in half.
blindly yours,
XXXXXXXXXXX
(maybe I will tape them together, using a different color every week to keep it up to date and thrifty)