Mystery as second human foot in four months washes ashore

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Authorities in the U.S have been left baffled after a small human foot washed ashore in Washington state, the second to have appeared in the area in four months.

The remains were still encased in a size six 'OzArk Trail' hiking boot when it was found at the Tideflats in Tacoma about a week ago.
Grim discovery: A human foot encased in a size six hiking boot has washed ashore in Washington state, the second time such a discovery has been made in the area in four months

Grim discovery: A human foot encased in a size six hiking boot has washed ashore in Washington state, the second time such a discovery has been made in the area in four months

Police believe the right foot is that of a juvenile or small adult and floated in from either the Puyallup River or Puget Sound.

'Our best guess someone in their mid-to-late teens,' Tacoma Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said, adding that the shoe was sold in Wal-Mart Stores between 2004 and 2005.

In late August, a right foot believed to be that of a woman or child washed up on a beach in Whidbey Island, about 70 miles north of Tacoma.

Fulghum said police were as yet unsure if the cases are linked, or if they have any connection to cases in British Columbia, where seven feet - all inside running shoes - have washed ashore since 2006. Two were later discovered to be a match.



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