Severed human feet are washing up on North American beaches

At least 21 severed feet have washed up on beaches in the United States and Canada since 2007.

Dr. Karan Raj, who says the detached feet -- most of which were still encased by shoes -- aren’t as big a mystery as one might think.

“When a human corpse falls to the ocean floor, it’s quickly set upon by scavengers,” the doc says.

“These scavengers are lazy feeders and prefer to eat the softer parts of our bodies first. Some of the softest parts of us are the soft tissues and ligaments around our ankles.”

Because the feet are covered by shoes, the scavengers usually allow them to float away as they continue dining on the waterlogged body, Raj says.

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