Monday, June 11, 2012

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,

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(maybe I will tape them together, using a different color every week to keep it up to date and thrifty)