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Mounties probe another beached foot

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Published: Nov. 12, 2008 at 8:02 AM

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed that a human foot in a running shoe was found washed ashore near Vancouver, the seventh such incident in 15 months.

RCMP Constable Annie Linteau told CTV News a woman walking her dog Tuesday morning along the banks of the Fraser River spotted the shoe on a rock, apparently washed in by high tide.

The woman called her husband, who contacted police, the report said.

Linteau said the shoe and foot found in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond were to be examined by the British Columbia Coroner's Office.

Since August 2007, six feet in various brands of running shoes have been found on southwestern British Columbia shores and a seventh just south of the U.S. border in Washington state.

Only one of the first six feet found was determined to be a woman's and two of the others came from the same man, researchers determined.

Topics: Annie Linteau
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