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The strange preponderance of human feet amongst the jetsam of the Salish Sea

 

Since August 20, 2007, several detached human feet have been discovered on the coasts of the Salish Seain British Columbia, Canada. and Washington, United States. The feet belonged to five men, one woman and three other people of unknown sex. Of the ten or 11 feet found, only two have been left feet. Both of those were matched with right feet. As of February 2012, only five feet of four people have been identified; it is not known to whom the rest of the feet belong. In addition, several hoax feet have been planted in the area.

 

Decomposition may separate the foot from the body because the ankle is relatively weak, and the buoyancy caused by air either inside or trapped within a shoe would allow it to float away.[5] According to Simon Fraser University entomologist Gail Anderson, extremities such as the hands, feet, and head often detach as a body decomposes in the water, although they rarely float.[40]

However, finding feet and not the rest of the bodies has been deemed unusual. Finding two feet has been given a "million to one odds" and has thus been described as "an anomaly".[5] The finding of the third foot made it the first time three such discoveries had been made so close to each other.[40] The fourth discovery caused speculation about human interference and, statistically, was called "curious".[41]

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Hope no one's watching this while they're on the toilet...

 

 

R... I... C...

 

See you in the sewer, suckers!

 

K... Y...

 

Why? Because we're vermin.

 

R... A... T...

 

 

Not too surprising really.  As one who lives in the countryside area, it is fairly well known, "if a rat can get its head, it can gets its body through it.  The biggest danger I always figured for it was drowning.

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Not too surprising really.  As one who lives in the countryside area, it is fairly well known, "if a rat can get its head, it can gets its body through it.  The biggest danger I always figured for it was drowning.

Well as they said in the video, they can hold their breath as long as 3 minutes and they're damn good swimmers. It's why you're well advised to check your ship thoroughly when entering or leaving port, not all stowaways are of the two-legged variety...

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Well as they said in the video, they can hold their breath as long as 3 minutes and they're damn good swimmers. It's why you're well advised to check your ship thoroughly when entering or leaving port, not all stowaways are of the two-legged variety...

 

Yeah, I didn't pay much attention to the dialogue, but they were doing a good job of keeping their noses above water.  And that isn't too much space needed free of water to help them survive.

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Or.  .  .you could yell before setting off, "Oh, No!  The ship is sinking!  Sinking fast!  Whatever are we to do?"

 

That should get them off, for sure.  :snicker:

If rats actually had the sense to get out of a sinking ship before anyone else, the last Space Shuttle mission would have been overrun with. . . 

 

Oh. Never mind. I thought we were talking about the economy.

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