More Loose Feet

[Sepka]

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Published on Fri Oct 01 14:22:19 BST 2010

Two human feet found about 20 miles apart on the banks of a river in Cleethorpes have been identified and one has been linked to a third foot found in Holland, police have said.

Humberside Police said a right foot found on Cleethorpes beach on August 11 belongs to a man reported missing from the South Yorkshire area in December 2008.

A spokesman said: "Humberside Police has also been liaising with the Netherlands authorities to work together to establish whether a left foot in a similar trainer found at Terschelling, the Netherlands, on Saturday September 11 belongs to the same person. This has today been confirmed."

The spokesman added: "The following police investigation has revealed no suspicious circumstances and police are now liaising with HM Coroner."

Officers said the finds in Cleethorpes and Holland are unconnected to another foot found further up the River Humber earlier this month.

A left foot was discovered inside a brown boot close to Barton-on-Humber, not far from the Humber Bridge, on September 4. It has been identified as belonging to a man reported missing from the Lincolnshire area in February this year.

The spokesman said there are thought to be no suspicious circumstances in this case either.

It is understood that no inquest can yet take place in either case because the finding of a foot is not enough to prove there has been a death.

Neither man has been identified at the request of their families.

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[zangtang]

nothing suspicious about that at all, at all.............

please tell me i'm not the only one gently, wilfully deluding myself that its ok, there's nothing soul-shatteringly godawful behind all these SEVERED FEET popping up out of the blue?

[Searcher08]

nothing suspicious about that at all, at all.............

please tell me i'm not the only one gently, wilfully deluding myself that its ok, there's nothing soul-shatteringly godawful behind all these SEVERED FEET popping up out of the blue?

It's all Viral Marketing for the new remake of FootLoose

[zangtang]

since August '07? - is that not some sustained mktg campaign? - or you shittin' me?

one has fallen somewhat 'out of the loop' recently...............

[Sepka]

nothing suspicious about that at all, at all.............

please tell me i'm not the only one gently, wilfully deluding myself that its ok, there's nothing soul-shatteringly godawful behind all these SEVERED FEET popping up out of the blue?

Personally, I think it's because footware is more and more made out of closed-cell polymers as opposed to leather. Modern shoes will float indefinitely, where older shoes would get waterlogged and sink after a few days. When a drowned person finally rots and falls apart, the shoes, with feet inside, are going to float. That's my working hypothesis, although I'm willing to be shown wrong.

[Searcher08]

since August '07? - is that not some sustained mktg campaign? - or you shittin' me?

one has fallen somewhat 'out of the loop' recently...............

Sorry, I was kidding.

I find it really odd. Perhaps because of global communication, there are stories like these which otherwise would only have received a small local audience and then faded - now the story of the Foots of Death gets global sustained coverage

foot

noun

The lowest or supporting part or structure:
base1, basis, bed, bottom, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork, seat, substratum, underpinning (often used in plural). See over

verb

1.

To go on foot:
ambulate, pace, step, tread, walk. (Slang) hoof. Idiom: foot it. See move
2.

To move rhythmically to music, using patterns of steps or gestures:
dance, step. (Slang) hoof. Idioms: cut a rug, foot it, trip the light fantastic. See repetition, work
3.

To combine (figures) to form a sum.
Also used with up: add (up), cast, sum (up), tot2 (up), total, totalize.

Its interesting to look at the phenomenon through different meanings of the word 'foot'