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Title: four feet, shallow water
Post by: Pakhan on June 17, 2008, 08:19:54 AM
"There is no evidence to suggest the foot -- or any or the previous three-- was forcibly removed"  Umm......  ???


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24799880/from/ET/
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: krolik on June 17, 2008, 08:23:44 AM
Creepy.  :P
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: KnightofNi on June 17, 2008, 08:27:38 AM
i like that there has apparently been enough of a study on floating shoes and feet to know that they are sorted by the currents and the wind.


otherwise, that's jsut creepy.
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: triangleforge on June 17, 2008, 08:54:13 AM
"All four were wearing socks and were in a running shoe," Linteau said.

Four right feet, one running shoe. There's yer problem right there.

Does remind me of a story from at least a decade or so back; Nike lost a couple of containers of shoes off a ship bound for the Port of Portland and for months afterward, Air Jordans and nice (if a bit sea weedy) running shoes were littering Oregon & Washington beaches, and there was at least one website devoted to reuniting that size 9.5 Air Pegasus right shoe you found off Yaquina Head with its solemate.
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: Speeddog on June 17, 2008, 09:12:17 AM
Ebbesmeyer said it may not be a coincidence they were found in the same area. He said left shoes and right shoes often tend to wash up at different times at different places because they float differently.

He added that there are beaches that collect mostly rights and others that collect mostly lefts because the winds or currents sort out left and right foot wear.

Ebbesmeyer speculated the feet belong to people who have disappeared while out on the water.

Ummm.... what are you smokin' there, Ebb?
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: Smiling End on June 17, 2008, 09:20:26 AM
Quote from: triangleforge on June 17, 2008, 08:54:13 AM
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with its solemate.
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Hahahahaha, very nice.
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: Pakhan on June 17, 2008, 10:32:36 AM
Quote from: triangleforge on June 17, 2008, 08:54:13 AM
Nike lost a couple of containers of shoes off a ship bound for the Port of Portland

You know a bunch of those shoes are still out there floating.  Article is in my sig.
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: triangleforge on June 17, 2008, 10:48:51 AM
Quote from: Pakhan on June 17, 2008, 10:32:36 AM
You know a bunch of those shoes are still out there floating.  Article is in my sig.

Yeah, I know.

:o
and
>:(
and
[bang]
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: slowpoke13 on June 17, 2008, 08:39:49 PM
read this title and thought it was a Coast Guard recruiting ad.

damn.
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: IZ on June 17, 2008, 11:25:09 PM
Quote from: Speeddog on June 17, 2008, 09:12:17 AM
Ebbesmeyer speculated the feet belong to people who have disappeared while out on the water.[/color]

Umm..who gave this guy a degree?!   [roll]

I heard about all the severed feet about a month ago. 

The sis & brother-in-law were in town visiting and then went to Vancouver for a wedding.  While there, they were walking along the beach and found a handgun.  Bro-in-law calls the local authorities who then proceeded to act like the friggen Keystone cops.   [roll]  They said they would call him back, said they would come talk to him, lost his number, said they would get his statement, said they wanted him to take them to the location, etc.  All of which never happened!!   ??? ??? ???  He went back the next day and the gun was still there.  He just said screw it!  [roll]

I thought they were on top of things up north?   
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: tonyj311 on June 18, 2008, 02:46:35 PM
Quote from: Pakhan on June 17, 2008, 08:19:54 AM
"There is no evidence to suggest the foot -- or any or the previous three-- was forcibly removed"  Umm......  ???


Velcro attached feet obviously. Mine fall off all the time.

If you want to find the people that they belong to, just look for someone walking in circles to their right side.  [thumbsup]
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: Smiling End on June 18, 2008, 05:43:44 PM
A sixth foot was just found:

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=597081 (http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=597081)
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: IZ on June 18, 2008, 05:52:00 PM
Quote from: Smiling End on June 18, 2008, 05:43:44 PM
A sixth foot was just found:

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=597081 (http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=597081)

Hmmm..not like the others.  Appears to be sawn off

I wonder if this one is a copy cat??
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: Smiling End on June 18, 2008, 06:02:39 PM
Quote from: IZ on June 18, 2008, 05:52:00 PM
Hmmm..not like the others.  Appears to be sawn off

I wonder if this one is a copy cat??

I could see that.  Maybe the person doing it is becoming more unhinged and is subconsciously trying to get caught so getting sloppier.
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: He Man on June 18, 2008, 06:09:27 PM
of the first few feet were indeed from plane crashes or people who were left out at sea, and he just had someone he wanted to kill.
Title: Re: four feet, shallow water
Post by: Smiling End on June 19, 2008, 04:16:37 PM
Good news, the sixth foot found turns out to be a hoax.  Unfortunately the other 5 are still real.  :(

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/19/canada.feet/index.html?eref=rss_topstories (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/19/canada.feet/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)