Shoes on the Shore

A rather well-known unsolved mystery involves shoes that have washed up along the shores of Canada that contain in them human feet that have been in some way detached from the body of those they belong to. These shoes have washed up without reason or rhyme, and have remained an intriguing topic that has stumped investigators to this day.

Many people who stumble on the subject ask questions involving where these shoes must have come from, why they landed only on the western beaches of Canada, and to who do these feet belong. In all three instances, the uncertainties and speculation fail to ponder the real mystery: what could have happened to break twenty-one feet off of their matching person in such a manner?

It was brought to my attention not some time ago that pilots who are active in the Air Force are required to wear their military boots at all times during their flights. While not the ideal choice for these pilots, if they have to eject from a plane these steel-toed boots will keep their legs intact and protect their limbs during their descent. The boots also serve their purpose in case of a plane crash; if enough force is acted upon during a crash, the pilot’s feet can and have broken off of their bodies without the proper footwear. Thus, military steel-toed boots are highly encouraged.

It is my opinion that the shoes found on the coast of the Salish Sea belong to plane crash victims, though I do not have a select theory on which plane crash this must have been. If a crash over the Pacific left no bodies to be found, this could reasonably account for those people, as well as offer an explanation as to how these feet have been so cleanly and ‘naturally’ cut off.