British Columbia Foot Mystery Update

New foot not linked to other cases: U.S. investigators plan to talk with their counterparts in B.C.
(The Vancouver Province, August 6, 2008)

The RCMP and Clallam County investigators are co-ordinating a meeting to discuss the six feet that have washed ashore in the past year.

Five feet have been found on B.C. beaches and the sixth foot was found on a Clallam County beach last week.

All of the feet were found on beaches in the vicinity of the Strait of Georgia until last Friday's discovery near Pysht, on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 50 kilometres west of Port Angeles.

The saltwater border dividing the Strait of Juan de Fuca is less than 16 kilometres from the beach on which the shoe tangled in seaweed and debris was found by a camper.

Co-ordinating a meeting with the Canadians is complicated, Undersheriff Ron Peregrin said.

"We are dealing with at least 11 agencies, so we aren't sure where or when we will meet," he said.

"But we will, so that we can co-ordinate all of our investigations."

RCMP Sgt. Tim Shields said the Clallam foot could have originated in Canadian waters, but that from the description of the shoe, it doesn't match the other feet.

"We'll be consulting with oceanographers yet again to see if that is a possibility and we will be comparing the information obtained from the sheriff's department with our list of missing persons to see if we can make a possible link," Shields said.

The sheriff's department said the Clallam shoe was a black hiking-style Everest brand, men's size 11.

The black leather and cloth sneaker is a shoe made for light hiking, and the tube sock that contained the remains of the human foot was Levi's brand.

Authorities say all of the feet appear to have separated naturally from their bodies while in the water.

Of the feet found in Canada, authorities have concluded that one belonged to a depressed man who disappeared in early 2007.

Four of the five feet found in Canada are right feet, as was the one found last Friday.