A human foot was found on a Jordan River beach Thursday morning, sparking an investigation by the B.C. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police retrieved the remains on Friday, the authorities said, and they are being inspected by the Coroners Service of British Columbia. A man walking his dogs made the discovery about 8 a.m., said Sooke RCMP Staff Sgt. Sooke RCMP say a man was walking his dogs around 8 a.m. Thursday, when one of the dogs found the foot, which was still in a shoe and had part of the leg attached. The bones — a foot, tibia, and fibula — have been seized and the area searched. The investigation has been turned over to the B.C. “Our early analysis suggests these are human remains and we will do further investigation and testing to help to determine identification in the coming weeks,” said Andy Watson, a spokesman for the coroners Service. The coroner will work to determine the identity of the deceased, when, where and how the person died, the cause of death, and whether any recommendations can be made to prevent similar deaths in the future. Credit Mike Johns 
 
 “It’s just a freak thing that it happened to be here,” said Mr. Johns, 56, who lives in Jordan River, a surfer’s village about 70 miles southwest of Vancouver, Canada.
– Yet another human foot has washed up in British Columbia—this time with part of a leg attached. The grisly find, which is at least the 13th foot to wash up on the province's coastline since 2007, was made by a man walking his dogs along a beach in Jordan River, Vancouver Island, the Vancouver Sun reports. The man, worried the foot his dog had found might be washed away or taken by a bear or an eagle, took it home before contacting authorities, reports the CBC. The Mounties searched the area before turning the investigation over to the coroner, who will try to identify the deceased and determine a cause of death. The last such find was in early 2016, when two feet from the same person washed up separately. When the feet started to wash up, there were fears that they could belong to victims of a disaster or even a serial killer. Authorities later identified eight of 12 feet as belonging to people who died in accidents or suicides. They believe the feet naturally separated from the bodies after a long period in the water. "It makes sense to me that if a body is in the ocean and decomposes, you end up with a shoe that floats and an ankle where it would disconnect from the tibia and fibula," local cafe owner Joshua Constandinou tells the New York Times. "That is what they are finding on the beaches."