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CHADO - What the heck is going on?
A severed foot -- the sixth this year -- washed up on the shore of a Canadian island on Wednesday, police said.
The right foot was found by a local woman walking on the beach, said Sgt. Mike Tresoor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the town of Campbell River on Vancouver Island, British Colombia.
Authorities were planning an afternoon news conference to release more details.
The foot was the sixth discovered on shorelines in the area since August, according to local police and media reports. Another foot -- a severed left foot still clad in a shoe -- was found Monday on the shore of Westham Island, south of Vancouver. Police said it was taken to a coroner for DNA testing.
The severed left foot, which was in a shoe, was taken to a coroner for DNA tests, she added.
"Our first step is to establish identity," said Constable Sharlene Brooks of the Delta Police Department in British Columbia. "It is a little mysterious, but we don't know if it is linked to others."
The Vancouver Sun newspaper said the first four feet found in the area were all right feet, making the foot found Monday the only left foot. Although the gruesome finds have drawn international attention, police said it may take some time to unravel the mystery.
"We suffer from the 'CSI' effect; people think this can happen very quickly," Brooks said. "It could take weeks or months. And even if we get a DNA sample, we need a sample to match it with."
The mystery has caused a stir and given birth to many rumors, locals say. One newspaper has began investigating a rash of young men who have gone missing in the area.
Some have wondered if the feet could belong to a group of men who were in a plane that recently crashed in the waterway where the feet were found.
A severed foot -- the sixth this year -- washed up on the shore of a Canadian island on Wednesday, police said.
The right foot was found by a local woman walking on the beach, said Sgt. Mike Tresoor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the town of Campbell River on Vancouver Island, British Colombia.
Authorities were planning an afternoon news conference to release more details.
The foot was the sixth discovered on shorelines in the area since August, according to local police and media reports. Another foot -- a severed left foot still clad in a shoe -- was found Monday on the shore of Westham Island, south of Vancouver. Police said it was taken to a coroner for DNA testing.
The severed left foot, which was in a shoe, was taken to a coroner for DNA tests, she added.
"Our first step is to establish identity," said Constable Sharlene Brooks of the Delta Police Department in British Columbia. "It is a little mysterious, but we don't know if it is linked to others."
The Vancouver Sun newspaper said the first four feet found in the area were all right feet, making the foot found Monday the only left foot. Although the gruesome finds have drawn international attention, police said it may take some time to unravel the mystery.
"We suffer from the 'CSI' effect; people think this can happen very quickly," Brooks said. "It could take weeks or months. And even if we get a DNA sample, we need a sample to match it with."
The mystery has caused a stir and given birth to many rumors, locals say. One newspaper has began investigating a rash of young men who have gone missing in the area.
Some have wondered if the feet could belong to a group of men who were in a plane that recently crashed in the waterway where the feet were found.
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