Yet another severed human foot

We are pleased today to be able to add yet another incident to our unique-in-the-blogosphere-compilation of accounts of severed human feet, this latest report coming from Vancouver this week:

Another possible human foot has washed up on B.C.'s coast, this time in Powell River, which would bring to eight the number of feet found on beaches in B.C.

"[Saturday] afternoon a local resident of Powell River located a running shoe with what appeared to be remains inside it, on the beach just south of Powell River," B.C.  RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Annie Linteau confirmed Sunday.

"We attended the area and have since turned over the footwear and the remains to the BC Coroners Service."

Linteau said the coroner will conduct a forensic analysis to determine whether the remains inside are human. If confirmed, the Powell River foot would be the eighth human foot discovered along B.C.'s coast since 2007.

And it would add to the continuing mystery about what is causing lone human feet to wash up on the province's shores.

I agree that this is interesting:

"All of the feet discovered so far have been in running shoes."

The scientist in me says that this reflects the buoyancy of running shoes. But a little voice keeps whispering "maybe they were running from something..."