EPISODE · Jul 12, 2026 · 29 MIN
Episode 180: The Salish Sea Foot Discoveries
from Cascadia Crime & Cryptids · host Cascadia Crime & Cryptids
Since 2007, shoes have been washing up on the shores of the Salish Sea containing human remains, much to the shock of beachgoers who discover them. Speculation swirled as the first few discoveries were only days apart, and other shoes were found to be matching pairs; these are the Salish Sea Foot Discoveries. Sources https://komonews.com/news/local/remains-found-in-shoe-on-clallam-county-sequim-beach-solved-marly-nelson-county-park-on-port-williams-soft-tissue-bones-coronerurces https://www.khq.com/news/police-small-human-foot-washes-ashore-in-on-the-westside/article_41c6c12b-9e41-597f-bb1a-27584719f6b9.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pickton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/discovery-of-unattached-human-feet-baffles-b-c-police-1.671205 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/canada-human-foot-british-columbia https://web.archive.org/web/20180508034856/https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/human-foot-found-on-gabriola-island-sparks-investigation-1.3918943 https://web.archive.org/web/20170803220208/http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/02/severed-human-foot-vancouver-island/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/found-foot-1.4438912 https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/another-severed-foot-washes-up-on-bc-shore/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2-of-5-feet-found-on-b-c-coast-belong-to-same-man-rcmp-1.738354 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305181247/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=7d788179-999b-4115-875b-d19b3b9868cc&k=61662 https://web.archive.org/web/20081206053915/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081205.wbcfeet1205/BNStory/National/home https://www.reddit.com/r/britishcolumbia/comments/s8m707/how_scientists_solved_the_mystery_of_feet_washing/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/how-science-solved-the-mystery-of-feet-washing-ashore-in-the-pacific-northwest-salish-sea?showLogin=true&cds_email=Y2Fyb2x5bmJsb29kQG91dGxvb2suY29t https://allthatsinteresting.com/salish-sea-severed-feet https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/salish-sea-foot-mystery https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/canada-severed-feet/
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