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Severed feet popping up on Canadian coast (pg. 8)
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| clearly the killer is a collector of soles. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
clearly the killer is a collector of soles. |
But do you think collecting was his sole purpose? If that was brought up in court, I doubt he'd have a leg to stand on. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
A DETACHED foot found on a beach in western Canada yesterday does not belong to a human, but instead is a severed animal paw stuffed inside a running shoe.
The local coroner who investigated the finding today denounced it as a "reprehensible" hoax.
Since August five human feet have been found along the rugged south coast of the province of British Columbia, sparking international speculation about a possible murder mystery, or that they are remains of plane or boat accident victims.
Scientists say the feet could have drifted dozens or thousands of kilometres because human body parts can remain intact in water for years when protected by shoes or sturdy clothing.
Yesterday, a witness and police said the sixth detached foot to wash up in less than a year was found on a beach in Campbell River, 220km northwest of Vancouver.
The foot was in a men's size 10, right-foot Adidas running shoe, police Sergeant Mike Tresoor said at the time.
But in a terse news release today, the British Columbia Coroners Service said a forensic pathologist and an anthropologist had "determined a skeletonised animal paw was inserted into the shoe with a sock and packed with dried seaweed".
The coroner's release read: "It is the position of (the service) that this type of hoax is reprehensible and very disrespectful to the families of missing persons. It fuels inappropriate speculation and creates undue anxiety for families and communities while wasting valuable investigative time and resources."
Police said today they will press charges against the jokester. |
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| Sushipunk |
:stongue: Nice find.
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| Trance Nutter |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
clearly the killer is a collector of soles. |
now you've put your foot in it............ |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Nutter
now you've put your foot in it............ |
Hardly. It's been happening for a while now. It's obvious that there is some kind of conspiracy afoot. |
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| LoveHate |
| the sixth foot was proven to be a hoax:wtf: |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by LoveHate
the sixth foot was proven to be a hoax:wtf: |
Yeah, pretty unlucky. I wonder if any of the initial reporters that claimed it was a real foot would be sued for bad information? I'd hate to have to foot that bill. |
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| denys envy |
| The authorities almost got caught flat-footed by the jokester, good thing they were on their toes for anything out of the ordinary. |
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| denys envy |
| I can't stand it when people make such cruel jokes. |
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