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Another Foot Sneaks Ashore in Canada

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:22:00 CDT

This mystery has legs. Yet another sneakered foot has washed ashore in Canada, becoming about the 12th such find in four years. The foot, inside a running shoe, with a bit of leg bone attached, was spotted floating along the shore of Vancouver's False Creek, reports AP . The others have...

Woman Stabs Man Who Called Her Feet 'Smelly'

Nick McMaster — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:30:00 CDT

Smell someone's fragrant feet? Might be best to keep your mouth shut. An 18-year-old Washington woman has been charged with assault after stabbing a fellow partygoer for taunting her about her smelly feet, prosecutors say. Dallas Smith tried and failed to do a backflip, which led to some taunting, the...

Canada May Have a Match in Case of Severed Feet

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:06:12 CST

Another severed foot in an athletic shoe has washed up on a Canadian shore, the sixth in a bizarre series of feet found over the last 15 months, reports the Vancouver Sun . The left foot, encased in a New Balance running shoe, was found earlier this week on a riverbank...

Canadian Foot Linked to Depressed Man

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:46:07 CDT

One of five dismembered feet that have mysteriously washed ashore near Vancouver over the past year has been linked by DNA to a depressed man who disappeared a year ago, police announced. Investigators released no other information at the family's request. The foot is the first to be identified in...

Mysterious Human Feet Baffle Police

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:56:57 CDT

Police are struggling to explain a string of washed up human feet found on beaches along one 125-mile stretch of British Columbia. So far five of the grisly, sneaker-clad appendages have been found, and all are right feet. “It’s a mystery,” said one Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. “We’ve certainly...

Keep Your Feet Pain-Free

Drew Nelles — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:42:10 CDT

Watch out for those summertime flip-flops and ballet flats: Prolonged use could give you a painful foot condition, a podiatrist tells NPR. Shoes without enough arch or back support put too much strain on an important piece of tissue called the plantar fascia. Fashionable or not, it's better to go...

Sixth Foot Washes Ashore in Canada

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:48:44 CDT

Yet another severed foot—the sixth in a year and second this week—washed ashore yesterday in Canada on an island near Vancouver. Like all but one of the others, it was a sneaker-clad right foot. "It's very unusual," said a police spokeswoman. "To my knowledge, we have not encountered...

5th Severed Foot Steps Up Canadian Probe

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:16:10 CDT

Yet another severed foot—the fifth in a year—has washed ashore in British Columbia, causing authorities to take a fresh look at evidence. This is the first sneaker-clad left foot to be found so far. "We're certainly not discounting the possibility that this may be linked to the other...

Flip-Flops: Bad for Politicians, Even Worse for Your Feet

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:51:03 CDT

Flip-flops—the lightweight footwear appearing farther afield than just the beach these days—may be damaging to your health, Newsweek reports. Flip-flop wearers take shorter steps, need more movements to go the same distance they would with regular shoes, and, a study shows, face higher risk of muscle and joint...