Between 2007 and 2016, sixteen disarticulated human feet encased in running shoes were found washed up on Pacific Ocean tidal shores in northwest Washington State’s Puget Sound and the southwestern British Columbia Gulf Islands. It’s also known as the Salish Sea.
Theories of dark and sinister forces emerged. A foot-fetish serial killer? A podiatrist cult ritual? A prank pod of kinky killer whales?
The truth, it turns out, was stranger than fiction. And it happened at a time I was a coroner tasked with investigating unexplained human deaths in this jurisdiction.
When I first began contributing to the Kill Zone, Thursdays were marked as true crime sessions. I’ve deviated from that to all sorts of topics I thought would interest readers but, today, I’ve returned to the roots. And rather than rewriting an evergreen post, I’m simply sharing a link to the article I wrote on my home website at www.DyingWords.net. Over the years, this piece has been reproduced by many online agencies including the Huff Post where I once was a regular contributor.
So, if the Creepy Case of the Floating Feet intrigues you, here’s the facts of what happened and why it happened. https://dyingwords.net/the-creepy-case-of-the-floating-feet/
That’s a cool story of science and shoes, ocean drifts, and bridges, and sadly suicides. Thanks for sharing.
Nice comment, Alec – Thanks!
What a fascinating mystery, Garry. Thanks for explaining it so understandably.
Hi Debbie – This was one of the more memorable coroner cases but not quite like https://dyingwords.net/the-excruciating-death-of-mister-red-pepper-paste-man-2/ – the botulism poisoning one.
Thanks, Garry! I always read your posts on your website. They’re fascinating, intriguing, and make me think…something I need to do more often. Going there now to read this one.
🙂
Have a great day!
(Read it…Yuck!)
Ha ha! Thanks for being a loyal DyingWords supporter, Debster!
Thanks for sharing this fascinating story here, Garry. You did a superb job laying out the real-life mystery, and presenting the solution.
Nice feedback, Dale. I wrote that quite a while ago and my blog style has changes a bit – nothing due to AI effects, of course 😉
Thank you, Garry, for this fascinating rundown.
And you’re most welcome, Elaine. Enjoy your day!
Fascinating story. I read your post somewhere, not on your blog because I hadn’t discovered it back in 2016… or maybe I did. I often check you the ones you have listed there. Nevertheless, your stories are always interesting.
SO MANY foot/shoe-related PUNS! LOL.