# 14th Human Foot washes ashore **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134 "2018-05-14T14:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/1 "2018-05-14T14:34:53Z")
[A 14th human foot — this one in a hiking boot — washes ashore in Canada](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-14th-human-foot-%E2%80%94-this-one-in-a-hiking-boot-%E2%80%94-washes-ashore-in-canada/ar-AAxd2JP?li=BBnbfcL) Seriously, wasn’t this a **Bones** episode? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/2 "2018-05-14T14:39:51Z")
Damn! I should follow Canadian news more. I missed out on the first 13. So many questions – do these feet belong to seven people? Do any two of them belong to the same person? What’s the distribution of left and right feet? What’s the distribution of male vs. female? What’s the distribution of different races? At least it’s no longer an unlucky number. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/3 "2018-05-14T14:44:43Z")
The police need to hop right on this. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/4 "2018-05-14T14:47:20Z")
> [@Linked article](#): > > Officials say there is a reasonable explanation for why so many of the feet have been found in sneakers: Namely, that the materials used to make modern-day running shoes allow the feet to remain buoyant after they become separated from the rest of the body in the sea. > > “It really didn’t come up until we had running shoes that floated so well,” coroner Barb McLintock told the Canadian Press in 2016. “Before, they just stayed down there at the bottom of the ocean.” > [@CalMeacham](#): > > So many questions – Like did they all wash up in one foot waves? [del]D & R[/del] swims away ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/5 "2018-05-14T15:15:25Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > The police need to hop right on this. > > Regards, > Shodan The game is afoot. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/6 "2018-05-14T15:20:26Z")
probably caught up in the under toe ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/7 "2018-05-14T15:24:17Z")
I’ve sort of loosely followed this story over the years, but had forgotten about it. Interesting that it’s still ongoing. Ok so serial killer or North Koreans that made it really far? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/8 "2018-05-14T15:35:37Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > The police need to hop right on this. > > Regards, > Shodan > [@Spiderman](#): > > Like did they all wash up in one foot waves? > [del]D & R[/del] swims away > [@cmyk](#): > > The game is afoot. > [@Procrustus](#): > > probably caught up in the under toe It’s time you’re all brought to heel. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/9 "2018-05-14T15:37:59Z")
Sounds like the work of an arch villain. The authorities should take steps to nail the heel responsible. On a slightly more serious note, perhaps this is the sharks’ way of sending us a message? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/10 "2018-05-14T15:40:54Z")
A mad pedicurist, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/11 "2018-05-14T15:43:58Z")
Somewhere, someone yelled “BINGO!”. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/12 "2018-05-14T15:44:15Z")
Is this the same place where all the right feet washed up on one beach, and all the left feet on another? Or did I just imagine that detail? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/13 "2018-05-14T15:53:43Z")
At first I misread the thread title as being about a 14-foot human, which was even more intriguing. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/14 "2018-05-14T15:57:50Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s time you’re all brought to heel. Who’s going to doggedly pursue us? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/15 "2018-05-14T16:18:20Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Who’s going to doggedly pursue us? A [Blue Heeler.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Cattle_Dog) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/16 "2018-05-14T18:12:11Z")
I think the investigators started off on the right foot, but became rather footloose, and now the shoe is on the other foot. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/17 "2018-05-14T18:17:17Z")
You lousy punsters should all get the boot. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/18 "2018-05-14T18:18:25Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > You lousy punsters should all get the boot. If the shoe fits… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/19 "2018-05-14T18:22:34Z")
The rest of the human centipede will wash ashore eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134/20 "2018-05-14T18:22:49Z")
They definately need to get all boots on the ground on this one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14th-human-foot-washes-ashore/814134.md?page=2)