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Severed Feet Spook Canadian Villagers

Scoopmaster — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:27:01 +0000

Somewhere out there are five bodies missing right feet.

The small Canadian island village of Gabriola has been thoroughly creeped out by a morbid discovery — make that, discoveries: five shoe-encased feet that have washed up on its normally peaceful shores over the past year…

While police have DNA’d the severed appendages, they have no matches. Or clues.

Oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer told reporters that disarticulated feet occasionally pop up in the oceans, since rotting bodies tend to fall apart at the joints. Rubber sneakers keep them afloat, sole-side up.

But where are the bodes that come with the feet? And why are they all right feet?

No one knows, but the Worldwide Scoop will keep you posted when we find out more.

(Random photo of foot courtesy of Creative Commons.)

The Worldwide Scoop Video Episode 1: Freaks of Nature

Scoopmaster — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:21:52 +0000

In our premiere episode, Courtney and Theo uncover the details behind a few of Mother Nature’s more bizarre creations: brain eating amoebas, vampire moths, and the so-called “Mermaid of the Yangtze.”

Care for a Glass of Fermented Tiger?

Scoopmaster — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:37:40 +0000

If you’re in China this summer, and the heat gives rise to a mighty thirst, just visit one of the local wildlife parks for a nice tall glass of tiger wine… That’s not some brand name: staff of two Chinese parks recently offered visitors a beverage made from tiger carcasses soaked in rice wine. The problem? Tigers are an endangered species, and trade in any of their parts — including elements of soaked carcasses — is internationally prohibited. But that hasn’t stopped these tipplers, who see tiger wine as a cure for arthritis and rheumatism.

Despite the temptation, the Worldwide Scoop staff politely declined these servings of Chateau de Cat Corpse — we’ll happily stick to Red Bull and vodka.