Slog - Comments on Headline of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31 Sixth severed foot surfaces off Canadian coast CNN has the best headline, but the Independent has the story: In the latest grisly twist to a saga that has spawned dozens of conspiracy theories, two dog-walkers spotted the left foot, inside a shoe, floating in water off Westham island, near the mouth of the Fraser river, on Monday morning. It was detached near the ankle, and had apparently been in the water for some time. Police are trying to determine whether it is linked to some near-identical discoveries which began when a size 12 right foot came ashore last August. And... Copyright 2008 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:50:00 -0800 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:14:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by michael strangeways or maybe there's a maniac on the loose chopping the feet off people...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054374 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054374 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:07:59 -0800 Comment by stinkbug michael, the feet were not "chopped" off.

read some articles about the feet. apparently feet, arms, and heads tends to "come off" from dead bodies that are floating around.

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054397 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054397 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:20:21 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball 16 more feet and we'll have a soccer team!

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054404 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054404 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:22:47 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell This and the murderous pig farmer kind of ruin BC for me.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054408 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054408 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:24:56 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew

The first four feet were funny.


Now it's just getting weird.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054409 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:25:13 -0800 Comment by Gay Seattle The feet come from dead bodies that are already in the water somewhere, who knows where but most likely some kind of disaster, plane crash, tsunami, flood etc. The feet of the dead naturally float because tennis shoes float. Because of the ocean currents they could have come from anywhere.

]]> Gay Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054414 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054414 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:29:10 -0800 Comment by max solomon someone start making a documentary STAT!

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054425 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:32:07 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 The feet are always wearing sneakers? UFO cult?

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054431 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054431 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:33:57 -0800 Comment by douglas why do they always wash up in the same area? this is some weird shit...

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054444 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054444 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:40:35 -0800 Comment by PopTart I expect TOP SCIENTISTS are on the trail, tracking ocean currents, studying disasters, natural and man made, and one of these days they will deliver an answer that will satisfy all but the craziest of conspiracy theorists.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054475 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054475 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:54:20 -0800 Comment by skye @10 - severed feet did 9/11!

]]> skye http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054484 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054484 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:01:03 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 I wonder if investigators have questioned anyone from the Soylent Green factory up in Prince Rupert.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054493 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:04:30 -0800 Comment by seattle mike Something is indeed afoot.

Sorry.

]]> seattle mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054514 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:11:04 -0800 Comment by superyeadon @13 ... you're such a heel.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054524 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:14:34 -0800 Comment by the solution $$\tilde{p}(y|\vec\alpha) = \exp\left\{\sum_{i=1}^4\lambda_iy^i - \log \int\exp\left\{\sum_{i=1}^4\lambda_iy^i\right\}dy\right\}$$

]]> the solution http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054538 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:21:05 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Something's not right about this.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054541 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:21:31 -0800 Comment by Canadian Metric Council Please stop referring to them as feet.

Use meters instead.

Thanks!

]]> Canadian Metric Council http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054549 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:25:16 -0800 Comment by Jane Boiling the bones isn't going to "destroy the evidence." It's how you can GET to the evidence. Dude, don't you watch CSI?

]]> Jane http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054554 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:27:55 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle What ever happened to CSI: Edmonton anyway?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054567 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054567 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:33:38 -0800 Comment by Mab @19 - please don't confuse Vancouver with Edmonton, that's very offensive.

Seriously though, this is the talk of the province right now. Like #5 said, the first 4 were funny, now it's just getting creepy...

]]> Mab http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054583 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:43:05 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle (laughs at Vancouverite taking offense at people not knowing where Vancouver is, even while most people in the US think it's on Vancouver Island)

Oh, sorry. My bad, eh?

Say, you see that last episode of jPod on the CBC? Maybe it's his mom ... she seems to rack up the Dead Like Us count, eh?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054639 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054639 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:14:33 -0800 Comment by left coast @8 the feet float because they're wearing sneakers. They aren't called Air Jordans for nothing.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054668 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054668 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:30:20 -0800 Comment by stacy at the forensic anthropology lab at my university we weren't civilized enough to boil any remaining tissue off of the skeletal remains we rec'd. Instead, we had the "bug box." And, yes, it is exactly what it sounds like - a big glass box filled with bugs that like to eat tissue... we'd put the remains in the bug box and the very efficient bugs would get the job done quickly.

]]> stacy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054729 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:20:08 -0800 Comment by robot2501 The flesh has decomposed and is no longer useable for DNA analysis not to mention a biohazard. They have to go into the bone and dig out the DNA from there.

The bug box sounds better. Boiling rotten flesh must be an incredibly rancid smell.

]]> robot2501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054833 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:06:49 -0800 Comment by robot2501 @6 If these currents have been continuous for 1000s of years, shouldn't we have found 100s of feet instead of just 6?

]]> robot2501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054835 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:11:37 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @6,

In that case, wouldn't they be washing up everywhere, not just off the Vancouver coast?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054858 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054858 ??!! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:49:17 -0800 Comment by conspiracy theory Damned salmon!

]]> conspiracy theory http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054969 ??!! Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:22:28 -0800 Comment by ams at least they're finding left feet now. If this was the sixth right foot, I would be more worried.

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054974 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1054974 ??!! Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:50:27 -0800 Comment by Vince It's about B.C. Why do they keep showing up in B.C.? Even if currents are moving them, wouldn't they occasionally show up elsewhere? And they all have floaty shoes.
They just have too much consistency to be random. I say murder.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1055003 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1055003 ??!! Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:14:00 -0800 Comment by CryinLion I guess we've found the achilles heel of modern forensics.

]]> CryinLion http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1055250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1055250 ??!! Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:46:46 -0800 Comment by bobcat hoax.

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/06/19/5927881.html

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1055580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/headline_of_the_day_31#c1055580 ??!! Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:14:41 -0800