PORT ANGELES — An athletic shoe containing bones and flesh has been discovered on a Strait of Juan de Fuca beach about 30 miles west of Port Angeles.
The discovery Friday — and reported to Clallam County authorities Saturday — came nearly a year after the first of five shoes containing feet were found washed ashore in British Columbia.
An woman who declined to be identified found the large black, high-top shoe in seaweed while walking along the shore near the Merrill & Ring Silver King Resort at the mouth of Jim Creek on Friday.
The woman, who had been camping on private land near Milepost 34 on Highway 112, reported it to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Department at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Clallam County Detective Sgt. Lyman Moores said the shoe probably belonged to a man, but he couldn’t identify the brand or size.
He thought that it probably washed ashore during high tide because of its position among seaweed and other debris.
