it begins again...
September 15, 2013 8:59 PM Subscribe
"What we have is a human foot, with some associated tissue, inside of a shoe"... and seems to be travellin' south. previously
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is just a tiny little news blurb that doesn't really tell us anything; if there's more / something new to discuss, feel free to repost with more info. -- taz
There's putting your best foot forward, but this is ridiculous.
(Seriously - Fingers crossed there's a wacky medical waste story in here somewhere.)
posted by Samizdata at 9:06 PM on September 15, 2013
(Seriously - Fingers crossed there's a wacky medical waste story in here somewhere.)
posted by Samizdata at 9:06 PM on September 15, 2013
Given the number of people who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. (Though, given the currents in the Gate, maybe not.)
posted by rtha at 9:13 PM on September 15, 2013
posted by rtha at 9:13 PM on September 15, 2013
What all these feet washing up have in common is that they're in shoes, and that's because shoes a) keep the foot intact, and b) float.
Just try not to consider the fact that the vast majority of human-ocean interaction is barefoot, or you'll start extrapolating.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:25 PM on September 15, 2013 [5 favorites]
Just try not to consider the fact that the vast majority of human-ocean interaction is barefoot, or you'll start extrapolating.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:25 PM on September 15, 2013 [5 favorites]
I liked it better when it was just empty shoes hanging from telephone wires. Call me old-school, but the severed foot part is carrying things too far.
posted by madamjujujive at 9:50 PM on September 15, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by madamjujujive at 9:50 PM on September 15, 2013 [2 favorites]
hi yes EXISTENZ IS PAUSED, i did link, in the "previously" :-)
posted by lapolla at 10:19 PM on September 15, 2013
posted by lapolla at 10:19 PM on September 15, 2013
You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish. These fucking amateurs...
posted by entropicamericana at 10:20 PM on September 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by entropicamericana at 10:20 PM on September 15, 2013 [3 favorites]
The human-foot-found-in-the-ocean meme. It seems that when a body is deposited into the ocean, the feet are preserved from predators, protected by the shoe which also makes it buoyant enough to wash up on shore, like a crab trap. And when currents push debris in regular directions, certain unexpected places can become veritable shoe stores of the dead.
posted by stbalbach at 10:39 PM on September 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by stbalbach at 10:39 PM on September 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
> hi yes EXISTENZ IS PAUSED, i did link, in the "previously" :-)
No worries—but your link goes to a related 2008 MeFi post (there was also one in 2011, and I thought there was another last year announcing that the mystery had been solved, but I can't seem to find it now so I might've imagined it) and my link goes to the Wikipedia page.
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 10:43 PM on September 15, 2013
No worries—but your link goes to a related 2008 MeFi post (there was also one in 2011, and I thought there was another last year announcing that the mystery had been solved, but I can't seem to find it now so I might've imagined it) and my link goes to the Wikipedia page.
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 10:43 PM on September 15, 2013
Somewhere out there is another green-and-black-mesh Puma running shoe, size 11 1/2.
posted by mattoxic at 10:48 PM on September 15, 2013
posted by mattoxic at 10:48 PM on September 15, 2013
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