3rd right foot washes up on BC beach

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Three severed right feet have washed ashore on the Gulf Islands in British Columbia over the past six months, raising suspicions of foul play. The latest foot was discovered on Valdes Island, still in a sneaker, and authorities are investigating potential links to missing-person cases. Previous feet found on Gabriola and Jedediah islands were also in size 12 men's sneakers, but DNA tests have failed to match them to any individuals in police databases. The unusual nature of the discoveries has led to various theories, including the possibility of a serial killer or other criminal activity. Some participants in the discussion speculate about the feet being washed ashore due to natural causes or even medical waste disposal, while others humorously suggest that the feet might belong to a peculiar predator or a bizarre hoax. Despite the light-hearted banter, the underlying concern about the potential for foul play remains prominent in the conversation.
  • #31
Has any of the investigators mentioned how the feet appear to have been severed? by cutting, sawing, breaking... any bite marks?
 
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  • #32
The link in the OP didn't say much about how they were severed. If they'd been in the water a while, it might be hard to tell. I guess the shoe provides enough protection that the foot doesn't get eaten.
 
  • #33
I guess it's safe to say that something fishy is afoot.
 
  • #34
B. Elliott said:
Has any of the investigators mentioned how the feet appear to have been severed? by cutting, sawing, breaking... any bite marks?
They said no sign of "forcible" removal of the foot. Apparently, they're considering the possibility that the feet are just popping off of their own free will or something. :confused:

morphism said:
I guess it's safe to say that something fishy is afoot.

<<<<<<<<groan>>>>>>>> :rolleyes:
 
  • #35
lisab said:
I think it's deep, strongly held misogyny.

I believe that because very often, the serial killer sexually assaults his victims as part of the attack, and misogyny is the root cause of rape.
People don't rape people because they hate them. Men don't rape men in prison because they hate them. People rape people because they can't control their want to feel powerful.
 
  • #36
It's a bit more complicated than that, but I highly doubt it is misogyny.
 
  • #37
Mk said:
People don't rape people because they hate them. Men don't rape men in prison because they hate them. People rape people because they can't control their want to feel powerful.

Yes, power is certainly in the mix. But wouldn't there need to be some extreme hate, too?

There are lots of circumstances a person wants to control another person -- anyone who is a parent knows that feeling (trying to control a toddler is especially challenging!). But a simple need to control doesn't go anywhere a compulsion to rape.

(I'm going to have to review this thread to remember how a discussion about finding feet ended up as a discussion on the root cause of rape!)
 
  • #38
A forth foot was found yesterday, or did someone already mention that.

VICTORIA, British Columbia, May 23 (UPI) -- A severed human foot in a shoe was found on the Pacific shore of a British Columbia island, the fourth in less than a year, Canadian police said.

RCMP Cpl. Nycki Basra said the incident is being treated as suspicious and will be compared for similarities with the first three feet by members of the Richmond RCMP Serious Crime Unit and the B.C. Coroners Office.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/23/fourth_foot_in_a_year_washes_ashore/8283/
 
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  • #39
Wonder if there are other feet that haven't been found or beached yet?
 
  • #40
lisab said:
Yes, power is certainly in the mix. But wouldn't there need to be some extreme hate, too?

Doubt it. When someone slips a girl a roofie, it's not because he hates her, it's because he wants to get in her pants.

Most rapes happen between something like boyfriend/girlfriend, right? I don't think two people would get to that status if one hated the other.

Maybe a sociopath similar to a serial killer would rape because of misogyny, but your average one-time rape is probably because the guy couldn't control himself. Just like most murderers aren't repeat offenders and are pretty spur-of-the-moment.

The misogyny line comes in with so-called feminists* who are actually misandrists.

There are lots of circumstances a person wants to control another person -- anyone who is a parent knows that feeling (trying to control a toddler is especially challenging!). But a simple need to control doesn't go anywhere a compulsion to rape.

No, of course not. Therefore if a person simply wanted to control another person, it doesn't automatically imply rape. Of course, it can, too. Just that I don't think it's the root cause in every rape.

*Ugh feminazis. You know, feminists have a real goal they are striving for that anybody who had a modicum of intelligence should support. And then you have feminazis like this:

http://users.livejournal.com/_allecto_/34718.html (Swearing)

Read the comments if you don't get the article because you don't watch the show.
 
  • #41
Moonbear said:
They said no sign of "forcible" removal of the foot. Apparently, they're considering the possibility that the feet are just popping off of their own free will or something. :confused:

Definitely doesn't make me feel any better about those morning aches and pains.:rolleyes:
 
  • #42
Poop-Loops said:
Most rapes happen between something like boyfriend/girlfriend, right?

I don't know. Have you got any statistics?
 
  • #44
cristo said:
I don't know. Have you got any statistics?
Secondary source: http://www.paralumun.com/issuesrapestats.htm

Approximately 28% of victims are raped by husbands or boyfriends, 35% by acquaintances, and 5% by other relatives. (Violence against Women, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1994)
 
  • #45
Maybe somebody is trying to send a message. - A kind of footnote.
 
  • #46
The silly puns are getting completely out of hand! I'm going to go out on a limb here - all you shoddy punsters ought to be booted out of this thread.
 
  • #47
Sixth foot was discovered. Weird heh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7463305.stm

When two unrelated human feet washed up on the beaches of two small islands north of Vancouver in six days last August, a spokesman for the Mounties said the odds of it happening were a million to one. This week the number of feet found rose to six.


They were all encased in trainers, and five out of the six are right feet. Police say the first five feet do not appear to have been severed, which could rule out foul play.

DNA has been collected from the first feet, but police say that there has been no match to anyone on their missing persons database.
 
  • #48
They have 6 unmatching feet and they think they can somehow rule out foul play just because they weren't cut off? Where exactly do they think the rest of the body is? Unless that river is frequently flooding a graveyard, there are 6 bodies somewhere with missing feet, and if the feet weren't cut off and are still in sneakers (i.e., this isn't some medical waste disposal company taking a short cut with disposing of amputated feet from a hospital), how exactly does any of that rule out foul play? Did they really think someone was just cutting off people's feet and leaving them otherwise alive? Maybe the feet are becoming detached after decomposition rather than being cut off, but that still means there's a dead body it's become detached from. :confused: Perhaps it's time for them to bring in some real investigators? It doesn't sound like they have the brightest bunch working on this case if that's what they truly think.
 
  • #50
A foot hating beaver. That'll give the evolutionary biologists a headache.
 
  • #51
Greg Bernhardt said:
I think it's a mutant beaver

:smile: Maybe it's trying to drum up business for wooden legs it's making?
 
  • #52
Moonbear said:
They have 6 unmatching feet and they think they can somehow rule out foul play just because they weren't cut off?


THat seems to be more the of the journalist's agenda -- they too must toe the line.
 
  • #53
It seems the Achilles heel of this thread is a propensity for puns.
 
  • #54
Honestly guys, stop the puns before this thread is given the boot.
 
  • #55
Sorry, that last one had been used already, I feel sort of defeeted.
 
  • #56
Now we are on the right track.
 
  • #57
sixth foot = hoax

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/06/19/bc-foot-no-human.html
 
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  • #58
It would be interesting to see the actual footage.
 
  • #59
Moonbear said:
Perhaps it's time for them to bring in some real investigators? It doesn't sound like they have the brightest bunch working on this case if that's what they truly think.
Yes, it does seem like they're stumped.
 
  • #60
Size 12 sneakers, hmmm. Sounds like part of a soccer team that has been defeeted...They really need to get a good detective to look at this case, someone who can really get a toehold on the facts, look at the bare bones of the case and plod thru and not be disjointed by the bizarre facts.jmho.