The National Post and Peninsula Daily News
PORT RENFREW, B.C. — British Columbia’s coroners’ service has confirmed that a foot discovered on a Vancouver Island shoreline is in fact human.
A hiker exploring Botanical Beach near Port Renfrew on Sunday afternoon came across a running shoe containing a human foot in a sock.
B.C. Coroners Service spokeswoman Barb McLintock said an investigation is underway to determine whose foot it is and the cause of death.
She said that so far, there is no suspicion of foul play.
This is the 13th foot found washed up on the B.C. coast since 2007.
McLintock said that of the 12 previous instances, coroners have been able to identify 10 of the feet, belonging to seven people.
A shoe with a human foot inside was found near the mouth of Jim Creek, about 30 miles west of Port Angeles, in August 2008.
The King County medical examiner’s office in Seattle determined the foot came off naturally after floating in the water, and investigators did not suspect foul play.
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