Another human foot has been discovered on a B.C. shore, the sixth such grisly discovery in the last ten months.
RCMP in Campbell River on Vancouver Island said a local woman strolling a beach found an Adidas sneaker this morning, containing what appears to be a man’s foot.
“It’s certainly suspicious,” Sergeant Mike Tresoor said in an interview.
“A lady walking on the beach alerted us to this. … It appears to be human remains. We haven’t absolutely confirmed it – it will be confirmed through a pathologist.”
It appears to be a man’s right foot, size 10. The first four were also right feet.
All six have been found either near the mouth of the Fraser River or on beaches along the Strait of Georgia, a relatively small portion of the province’s vast shoreline.
The latest find is just minutes away from where a float plane crashed and sank three years ago. Four bodies were never recovered.
Kirsten Stevens, whose husband was the only passenger whose remains were located, was at the spit in Campbell River Wednesday trying to find out more on behalf of the families of the missing men.
“We are so frustrated,” she said. Efforts to determine if there is a DNA match between the victims and the feet that have washed up are continuing.
“Aw gosh, this is the same spit where the plane took off from, it’s a constant reminder of the lack of closure,” she said in an interview.
The story of the severed feet has generated growing interest worldwide with the discovery of each succeeding foot. Stories have been written for or picked up by the BBC, Fox News, CNN, the Associated Press and many others.
The six feet, while not yet identified, do have some common characteristics: All have been found inside running shoes, buoyant because of their thick, air-filled soles.
Police have released few details on the sixth and fifth feet, but the other four showed signs of disarticulation, which means the foot separated naturally from the leg, not through severing that would prompt speculation of foul play.
The location of the finds has prompted ocean current experts to suggest that the feet all could have been washed down the mighty Fraser River.
The first right foot was found Aug. 20 on Jedidiah Island in the Strait of Georgia. On Aug. 26, another right foot was found inside a man’s size 12 Reebok sneaker on nearby Gabriola Island.
A third was found in the same area, on the east side of Valdez Island, on Feb. 8.
The fourth foot was found May 22 on Kirkland Island in the Fraser River, only a kilometre away from the site in Ladner, along the same river where the fifth foot was found on Monday.
The fifth foot – the first left foot – was inside a size 10 black Adidas running shoe
