Applause-o-Meter Extra: Mysterious Washed-up Feet Explained
It turns out the explanation is pretty straight-forward, but still creepy.
By Seattle Mag April 19, 2012
This article originally appeared in the May 2012 issue of Seattle magazine.
Remember how creepy it was when those disembodied feet kept washing up on the shores of BC? Some posited that it was the result of a serial killer, or a plane crash, or a human trafficking ring.
But it turns out the explanation is much simpler (though no less creepy): The feet—almost always found in sneakers—belonged to people whotook their own lives by jumping off a bridge. Their decomposing bodies were eaten away by fish, but the feet were protected by rubber-soled shoes. Thus the grisly feet-in-shoes eventually made their way to shore.