[funsec] You want weird crimes?

[Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah]

Well, maybe.

Somebody asked me privately:

> Rob, what's going on with the bits of people washing up in B.C?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/314848091/6th-severed-foot-
fou.html

There's been lots of speculation, but the real story is probably much simpler.  As 
the linked National Post story 
<http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=597081> says, "[b]ecause the 
detached feet are encased in synthetic footwear, they can float in water and can 
remain more or less intact; other human remains have less chance of being washed 
ashore, although forensic experts say that is not uncommon."  Later the article 
mentions a plane crash: it's more than possible that the feet come from unrelated 
boating accidents.

The fact that the latest foot appears to have been sawn off does make a 
difference.  Because of the media attention to this case it may very well be a 
copycat situation.

Others:

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a51e7993-3b22-407b-
9346-fc8d9b2d98b0

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=a28ae8e0-5221-400a-
b63a-db13f3c7d49e

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/06/18/bc-sixth-foot-
found.html


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