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Will anyone missing one (or all) of his feet show up?

Settled as In July

One of the feet is linked to a depressed man who went missing last year:
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=dbe7638e-1923-4a3e-93a4-471fbfa00f8d

Background:

The following up question to this one:
http://www.hubdub.com/m7915/
(credits to valornhonor)

Several feet and one fake foot have been discovered in the last 11 Months. They must belong to a human being (as the DNA tests suggested).

Will a person be found or determined to which one of the washed up feet belongs?
The person responsible for the fake foot would count too.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/05/22/bc-severed-foot-richmond.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080616.wfoot0616/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080616.wfoot0616
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/sixth-human-foot-washes-up-to-shore/2008/06/19/1213770771436.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/19/canada.feet/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Mork, you still have both?


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled

In June
6%
In July
15%
In August
10%
Later or never
69%
Activity: H$17,387
Settled as In July on Sat 19th Jul 11:25am PDT

Suspend date: Mon 1st Sep 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Sat 19th Jul 11:25am PDT

Initial likelihoods: In June: 25%, In July: 25%, In August: 25%, Later or never: 25%

Action history:

Created Thu 19th Jun 2:40pm PDT by kruijs[Power User]
Suspended Sat 19th Jul 10:24am PDT by newswrangler[Power User]: Suspended pending settlement
Settlement requested Sat 19th Jul 10:24am PDT by newswrangler[Power User]:
Winning prediction = "In July"

"Will a person be found or determined to which one of the washed up feet belongs?"

A person has been "determined to which one of the washed up feet belongs".


"British Columbia: Discovered foot linked to missing man"

"Police have identified one of the five human feet that have washed up on B.C. shores in the past year, news reports yesterday said. RCMP told CTV News one of the first two feet found on islands in the Strait of Georgia matched the DNA of a depressed man who went missing last year."

<http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=dbe7638e-1923-4a3e-93a4-471fbfa00f8d>
(market suspended)
Settled as 'In July' Sat 19th Jul 11:25am PDT by tisha[Admin]: One of the feet is linked to a depressed man who went missing last year:
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=dbe7638e-1923-4a3e-93a4-471fbfa00f8d

Suspend date: Mon 1st Sep 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Sat 19th Jul 11:25am PDT
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Predictions (67)

67 predictions

19 weeks ago
quorny predicted In July (H$100 at 14%)
19 weeks ago
quorny predicted In July (H$200 at 11%)
21 weeks ago
frank2877 predicted Later or never (H$500 at 68%)
21 weeks ago
johnforegate predicted Later or never (H$100 at 66%)
21 weeks ago
loren predicted Later or never (H$250 at 69%)
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Comments (13)

  1 mrperfkt[Admin]
Great question!
posted 24 weeks ago
  2 skipper[Power User]
what if they are dead/ what if they are alive? does it matter?
posted 24 weeks ago
It's the Wild West (really west, in the most western parts of BC, which are to the west of the US lower forty-eight).

REWARD H$10,000.
Wanted: Dead or Alive:
The people who's severed feet have washed ashore in the BC islands.
Please walk, limp, crawl or be carried to your nearest RCMP station.
posted 24 weeks ago
  4 kruijs[Power User]
@skipper: Just like your dad says. Dead or alive.
posted 24 weeks ago
  5 mork[Power User]
I'm glad to report I am still fully appendaged.
Would it be considered cheating if I turn myself in for the hoax?
Surely a charge of littering would be worth the gains I could make in $H
posted 24 weeks ago
  6 bayoubear[Admin]
Missing one (or all) of his feet?

How many feet could they have?

posted 24 weeks ago
  7 lesley[Admin]
are they all male feet? or should that be feet belonging to men...?
posted 23 weeks ago
  8 mork[Power User]
At least one is that of a female.
posted 23 weeks ago
Please - no more LIMP jokes! Especially the one about the reward - it's a SHOE-in for worst joke of the year! Anyone claiming to have set the fake foot afloat in the TOE current will be SOCKED with a fine for obstruction!
posted 23 weeks ago
  10 frank2877
This foot thing has been kicking around for a while. I just had to jump in feet first with a bet on "Later or Never" :-)
posted 21 weeks ago
A match, but Canada's floating feet still a mystery.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - "Two of five feet that have washed ashore near Vancouver belonged to the same person, but Canadian police admitted on Thursday they are still a long way from solving the macabre mystery."

<http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAN1034032320080710>
posted 20 weeks ago
  12 frank2877
The guy didn't "show up"! They just linked it to a missing person. I am protesting this decision!
posted 19 weeks ago
  13 kruijs[Power User]
@frank2877: Please read the background text of the question, which shows the specifics to the question. It is sometimes hard to word a question within one sentence, so the background text and the settlement-details are provided to clear cut the question. There it states: "Will a person be found or determined to which one of the washed up feet belongs?". This has happened and therefor the settlement of the question is correct.
posted 19 weeks ago

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