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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Uh…

posted by on February 16 at 16:32 PM

More creepiness. From the Vancouver, BC, tab the Province:

Human right foot found on Valdes

A third severed foot has washed up on a Gulf Island. All three are right feet, and all were in sneakers.

“It is unusual,” RCMP Const. Annie Linteau said yesterday. “We are in the preliminary stages of this particular investigation, and, of course, we will not enter into speculation.”

The latest foot was found Friday on the east side of Valdes Island, south of Gabriola Island.

The RCMP can’t speculate. But you can, Sloggers.

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1

"a little unusual"? I guess those feet just sever themselves

Posted by blaire with an e | February 16, 2008 4:44 PM
2

It can mean only one thing: The Canadians are secretly assembling a peg-legged army.

Posted by flamingbanjo | February 16, 2008 4:51 PM
3

The best I can manage: There are people out there who get a sexual kick from amputees, sometimes to the point of wanting to be amputees themselves. Yeah, it's a weird world out there. Some type of illicit amputation operation, maybe?

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | February 16, 2008 4:55 PM
4

Gives a whole new meaning to christy browns "my left foot".

Posted by catnextdoor | February 16, 2008 5:02 PM
5

Did he have hands?

Did he have a face?

Then it wasn't us.

--Sergei Malatov

Posted by Red | February 16, 2008 5:03 PM
6

@2 - I'm sorry, but you're not cleared to know that.

We did not get the idea after watching Grindhouse. Please ignore all the missing machine guns. We needed them for ... uh ... hunting pigeons.

Yeah, that's the story ...

Oh, wait, maybe so we could hunt baby seals (yeah, they'll buy that) ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | February 16, 2008 5:03 PM
7

could it be members of the Muslem practicing sharia law in their communities?

Posted by jeff | February 16, 2008 5:10 PM
8

"Jeff Dolen, B.C.'s assistant deputy chief coroner, said although it is somewhat common to find individual body parts, this is "the first instance of three such similar remains being discovered" in such proximity."


What, this is common!?! I am totally freaked out by this story, especially the blase attitude adopted by its author.

Posted by Megan W | February 16, 2008 5:12 PM
9

Pitbulls!

Seattle Times!

Fixed Gears!

ISLAM means PEACE!

Posted by I'm a Nuclear Bomb | February 16, 2008 5:13 PM
10

Or maybe the aliens from Eta Cassiopiae - you know, the ones who brought Obama here on their spaceship - actually have three legs, and had to cut one of 'em of to fit in.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | February 16, 2008 5:13 PM
11

I can get you a foot. I can get you a foot by 3:00 this afternoon.

Posted by Kerry | February 16, 2008 5:36 PM
12

Maybe they're companion pieces for all of those Nike athletic shoes found off Cape Flattery some years ago.

Scotch that - just re-read that the feet were sneakered - and how often do you get to use that verb?

Posted by IAMBIC FEET | February 16, 2008 5:49 PM
13

@5 That's what I was thinking, too.

Posted by Katelyn | February 16, 2008 5:58 PM
14

its someone from cheney wa

Posted by vooodooo84 | February 16, 2008 6:11 PM
15

Poe, have you been in Canada recently?

Posted by wisepunk | February 16, 2008 6:27 PM
16

Jeff Dolen, B.C.'s assistant deputy chief coroner, said although it is somewhat common to find individual body parts

What kind of fucking city do you have up there???

Posted by Jessica | February 16, 2008 6:56 PM
17

Hey, the winters are long, dark and cold up there. And people get hungry. Cut them some slack.

Posted by Canoodle | February 16, 2008 7:43 PM
18

no market for feet at the BC funeral homes - and the midnight enbalmeist collects the lefts anyway and tosses the rights

if you can dry them out and get them cured so to speak - make a stool, three or four footed - but, keep it a bit private

after some time passes sell it to the city as public art - call it faux footed, so no body thinks it is real

then apply for Stranger genius money

Posted by John | February 16, 2008 8:19 PM
19

It would be fun to figure out what fraction of Dan's posts are pain, torture, or death freakshows.

Well not "ha ha" fun, but illustrative.

Posted by Big Sven | February 16, 2008 8:33 PM
20

@ 11: WITH nailpolish!

Also, this reminds me of a Six Feet Under episode. It would take too long to 'splain; the SFU fans out there know what I mean.

Posted by Mike in MO | February 16, 2008 8:43 PM
21

No, I think it would be ha ha fun.

Posted by Mike in MO | February 16, 2008 8:44 PM
22

Pissed off polar bears.

Posted by Joe M | February 16, 2008 10:16 PM
23

My apologies-- I had Valdez confused with Barrow. So it wasn't a polar bear, it was a brown bear.

Posted by Joe M | February 16, 2008 10:22 PM
24

@3 That reminds me of a novel called 'Geek Love' about a carnie family that turns into a cult centered around voluntary amputation. Very twisted, but a good read.

Posted by drewl | February 16, 2008 11:00 PM
25

Maybe the Discovery Channel is filming Shark Week up there. If I see Survivor Man limping next week now I'll know why.

Posted by RainMan | February 16, 2008 11:23 PM
26

better than google advertising:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/abosco/2270975900/

Posted by abosco | February 16, 2008 11:35 PM
27

Thank you Abosco--my beverage of choice just about came out my nose.

Posted by RainMan | February 16, 2008 11:50 PM
28

So interesting to read comments about
"the winters are long, dark and cold up there" and "Polar Bears"

You people do realize Valdez Island is just across the US border in the Gulf Islands with the same climate as you in Seattle. The thing is they were found on the east side of the island so this could have easily happened in the U.S.A. the current carrying the body parts and the the parts washing up on Valdez Island.

A Map so you can understand just a little:

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Valdez+Island+Canada&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl

Posted by -B- | February 16, 2008 11:58 PM
29

They wash down from the foothills.
Of the the Sciapodes Mountains, over near the Ethiopian Sea, of course.
How they got up here in the Str. of Georgia is a mystery, though.

Posted by unPC | February 17, 2008 4:45 AM
30

All right?

Posted by Kent Cudgel | February 17, 2008 5:44 AM
31

"They'll try to extract DNA"

I'm going to speculate that the feet came from more than one individual.

Interesting to learn that severed pigs' feet do not float, but beyond that ... there's a lot they're not telling us.

Posted by RonK, Seattle | February 17, 2008 8:46 AM
32

@24 - That's exactly what I thought when I read this post - that it sounded like something from *Geek Love* by Katherine Dunn (sp?).

Of course, my VERY first thought was some sort of organized crime.

Posted by Becca | February 17, 2008 1:51 PM
33

I'd be tempted to say Horrible Things.

But if the foot ends up with a Seattle connection, you'd take me to task for saying Horrible Things.

So I won't.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | February 17, 2008 10:10 PM
34

Maybe it's the Ice Truck Killer.

Posted by astin | February 18, 2008 6:06 AM
35

I have been told (by an unofficial source, so take this with an appropriately-sized grain of salt) that one reason for the random body parts is that accidental amputations are common on fishing boats - all those cables bearing heavy loads and whipping about occasionally snare a hand or foot and it winds up overboard. Sounds as likely as anything else, I guess.

Posted by Breklor | February 18, 2008 1:46 PM

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