Shoes found with ‘meat-like’ substance part of hoax

Police confirm that three children’s shoes with containing a “meat-like” substance were a part of a hoax.

Victoria Police spokesman Const. Mike Russell told The Providence that it was a “pretty sick” thing to put their community through.

Police had been investigating the three shoes found along a Victoria, British Columbia beach containing bone and a “meat-like substance.”

A tourist first spotted the shoes Thursday at Clover Point, a residential area near Victoria. Two of the three shoes were child-sized.

Officials have investigated the appearance of nine feet on B.C. shores since 2007. Police and the coroners service had said the feet apparently separated naturally from bodies in the water without foul play.