February 2008 Archives
From Canada's pacific coast comes an incredible story straight out of a Coen brothers' movie:
Another mysterious right foot floats ashore in Gulf Islands
For the third time in six months, a right foot wearing a sneaker has washed up on the shores of the Gulf Islands, in the Strait of Georgia.
The latest foot was found on the east side of Valdez Island, near Nanaimo. Last August two other right feet, both male and both wearing size 12 sneakers, washed ashore on nearby Gabriola and Jedediah Islands.
Those cases are still under investigation, and so far no links between the three discoveries have been established, police said. The latest appendage has been turned over to the B.C. Coroner's Service, and the RCMP is reviewing missing-persons files that could shed light on its discovery. Police have yet to determine whether foul play had anything to do with the feet.
It's clear from the following interview with the RCMP (no Coen brothers' satire could be better — "We have received a complaint." — "It is unusual to find three right feet.") that … where there's a foot there must be other body parts, right? But surely logic suggests they should simply be looking for three one-legged men?
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