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From Whidbey Island to B.C., an excellent source for info about the human feet that have washed ashore

A good many visitors to this post will have landed here because they’ve just learned that a human foot has washed ashore on Washington state’s Whidbey Island. They want more information about all of the other feet that have emerged in similar cases north of Whidbey Island, so they’ve Googled, Binged or Yahoo’ed and clicked [...]

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Foot found on Michigan beach

Foot found on Michigan beach

POLICE TURNING TO RCMP IN B.C. FOR HELP
(August 1)  A human foot encased in a sock and size 10 Reebok sandal was found washed-up on a Lake Huron (Michigan) beach this week.  Investigators already have a few missing persons cases that may, ultimately, help solve the mystery.
One of those cases, according to the globeandmail.com, concerns [...]

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Report:  Human foot found on Swedish beach

Report: Human foot found on Swedish beach

Update (July 9): Breaking News: Police to hold news conference about human feet mystery

ANY CONNECTION TO BRITISH COLUMBIA CASE?
Followers of this blog may be familiar with my recent interest in the case of the five human feet that have surfaced from the waters near Vancouver, Canada.  Most recently, I blogged about a fascinating “underwater pig” [...]

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"American Justice" to feature Hossencofft case Thursday

"American Justice" to feature Hossencofft case Thursday

Journalist Bill Kurtis takes aim at a bizarre New Mexico murder case this week.  Kurtis, host of A&E’s American Justice, tells the story of the Girly Chew Hossencofft murder in an hour-long episode titled, “Traces in Blood.”
Because I covered this case for the better part of five years–and even wrote a book about it–I was [...]

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