Sixth human foot washes up in Canada

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VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — For the sixth time in less than a year, a human foot encased in a running shoe has washed ashore in Canada's Pacific coast province, a witness and police said Wednesday.

A woman on a beach near Campbell River, a fishing town on Vancouver Island, discovered a right foot inside a black Adidas men's running shoe, witness Sandra Malone told AFP.

"You could see the two bones coming up out of the shoe," said Malone, who manages a tourist campground 220 kilometers (137 miles) northwest of Vancouver. "It's just the bone and a lot of seaweed around the ankle," she said.

Since August five right feet and one left foot have been found along the rugged south coast of the province of British Columbia, sparking international speculation about a...