# Fourth shoe-clad foot washed ashore... let the wild speculation begin! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352 "2008-05-23T13:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/21 "2008-05-23T15:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I agree - they’ll need to tread carefully, or they won’t have a leg to stand on. [/QUOTE] Anyone making light of this situation is a real heel. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/22 "2008-05-23T15:51:33Z")
Investigators are, no doubt, working on a shoestring budget. And working all the ankles on this one. P’raps the killer drove a Ford Tarsus. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/23 "2008-05-23T16:01:43Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I just think it’s pretty implausible - that left and right shoes (with feet in) would be sorted onto separate beaches [/QUOTE] Clearly, we need to bring the power of a large-scale experiment to bear on this problem. I wonder if the feds will foot the bill? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/24 "2008-05-23T16:12:01Z")
Are these bare feet in sneakers or are they wearing socks? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/25 "2008-05-23T16:14:57Z")
Well, if the killer has successfully killed four folks, he has defeeted the system. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/26 "2008-05-23T16:24:39Z")
Really, though, there’s no mystery here. Haven’t you people heard of four-foot tides? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/27 "2008-05-23T16:54:28Z")
This is from March if you feel you read about this before. [Is your beach a righty or a lefty?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458828) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/28 "2008-05-23T16:56:19Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] This sounds like a serial killer who chops up the bodies and dumps them in the ocean. [/QUOTE] Anybody seen [Dexter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262/) lately? ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/29 "2008-05-23T21:14:28Z")
Call the police! Call the scientists! Call a podiatrist! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/30 "2008-05-23T21:18:25Z")
[QUOTE=Sunshine and Smiles] Call the police! Call the scientists! Call a podiatrist! [/QUOTE] No, no–call Sherlock Holmes! The game’s… …oh, never mind. That’s just too easy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/31 "2008-05-23T21:22:45Z")
Call Will Rogers! After all, he never metatarsal he didn’t like… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/32 "2008-05-23T21:29:59Z")
The killer certainly has a leg up on his competition. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/33 "2008-05-23T21:33:14Z")
[QUOTE=shijinn] oh that’s just Richard the Great White. he hates stinky feet, so he usually leaves those for the suckers. [/QUOTE] He doesn’t like sole food? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/34 "2008-05-23T21:40:14Z")
And he prefers left feet to boot. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/35 "2008-05-23T23:25:19Z")
[QUOTE=winterhawk11] No, no–call Sherlock Holmes! The game’s… …oh, never mind. That’s just too easy. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’m sitting at my desk at work in front of my computer, and I just _applauded_. Excellent, my dear **winterhawk11** , excellent! ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/36 "2008-05-23T23:36:16Z")
Nah, it’s a shark that decided it wants to ‘walk’ on land, so it…aquired a pair of legs, but kept turning in a circle. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/37 "2008-05-24T00:01:54Z")
::eek:: It was a _right foot_ again, and in sneakers. [http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=de729809-2050-4b65-a9f0-43132dda6408](http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=de729809-2050-4b65-a9f0-43132dda6408) Perhaps someone’s just pulling our leg. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/38 "2008-05-24T00:05:45Z")
And, on a more serious note, it could possibly be the remains of victims of an air tragedy from 2005. [http://www.canada.com/cityguides/fortstjohn/story.html?id=0f084f14-eaa4-48d2-ae37-946a34034fcf](http://www.canada.com/cityguides/fortstjohn/story.html?id=0f084f14-eaa4-48d2-ae37-946a34034fcf) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/39 "2008-05-24T00:43:59Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] Anybody seen [Dexter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262/) lately? [/QUOTE] Why no, I haven’t. Seems pretty sinister to me. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352/40 "2008-05-24T01:09:23Z")
[QUOTE=DesertDog] Seems pretty sinister to me. [/QUOTE] Now _that’s_ funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fourth-shoe-clad-foot-washed-ashore-let-the-wild-speculation-begin/450352.md?page=3)