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TACOMA — Police are trying to gather more information about a human foot that washed ashore in the city’s Tideflats area.
Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said Tuesday that the right foot was still inside a boy’s size 6 “OzArk Trail” hiking boot and likely belonged to a juvenile or small adult.
He said the boots were sold in Walmart stores from 2004 to 2005.
The foot found recently is believed to have floated in from either the Puyallup River or Puget Sound.
In late August, a right foot washed up on a beach on Whidbey Island. Island County sheriff’s officers said that foot likely belonged to a woman or a child.
Adult feet clad in shoes — mostly running-style shoes known for their “air” buoyancy — have been washing ashore in Canada and the United States in the straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca since 2007.
Five were discovered in British Columbia, and one clad in a black Everest-brand shoe was found on the beach near Pysht in August 2008.
Few clues, even after DNA testing, have come forth on the identity of any of the feet.
