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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Man makes horrifying discovery inside gift-wrapped box on beach
A Washington State man strolling along a sandy beach was left horrified after finding a neatly wrapped gift along the shore containing a severed, human toe. Kevin Ewing, of Tacoma, was enjoying a Father's Day walk with his family along the beach at Dash Point State Park last month when he spotted a small box. The item was carefully wrapped like a celebratory gift and resting near the park's property line, as reported by Federal Way Mirror. Thinking it might be a prayer box or a mysterious message washed ashore, curiosity got the better of him - and he carefully opened the package. But as he peeled back the cloth concealing the contents, he came face-to-face with a mutilated, decomposing human toe. 'At first I was very shocked, and it took me a few minutes to kind of be like, "is this what I think it is?"' Ewing told the outlet. 'Then once it dawned on me that that's what it was, I set everything down.' 'You know, it's just very creepy,' he added to KIRO News. 'It's like something you would see in a horror movie.' The gruesome discovery shattered came after Ewing wandered ahead of his family, making his way toward the tide line as he searched the sand for feathers scattered along the packed sand, Federal Way Mirror reported. He eventually reached the far edge of the park's property line, where his eyes fell upon the mysterious package that would turn an ordinary day into a once-in-a-lifetime ordeal. 'I found what looked like a little Christmas package in a little square box wrapped in green cloth and yellow string,' Ewing told KIRO. Ewing, who proudly embraces his Native American heritage, sensed the box held a deeper, spiritual meaning - especially given the eerie timing of discovering a neatly wrapped gift on Father's Day itself, the Federal Way Mirror reported. Carefully peeling back the green cloth, Ewing's eyes landed on a pale pine box, oddly sealed shut with tape, as if to keep its contents hidden and protected. He then pulled out his pocket knife to cut through the tape, revealing a strange assortment of items inside - a feather, burnt grass, sage, lavender, tobacco and a rag concealing something mysterious. Still, he had no idea that unwrapping the rag would reveal something far more shocking - so far, the items seemed unusual but somewhat familiar in traditional Native American practices. 'I set the box down on the ground, I believe, and I used my knife to pick the rag up and open it, and it was a severed human big toe that was in there,' Ewing told The Federal Way Mirror. 'Just very odd. The toe definitely did not look like it was amputated. It definitely didn't look like a surgeon had taken it off. It didn't look like a very clean medical cut,' he added. 'You don't expect to find something like that every day, or any day, especially on Father's Day, when you're out with your family.' Shocked, Ewing dropped everything to the ground and glanced around - only to spot a dead seagull lying eerily close to the box, another once-living creature that appeared to be mutilated. Initially, Ewing assumed the severed toe belonged to the dead bird nearby - which appeared to have been skinned and killed unusually. But a closer look shattered that illusion: the toe was unmistakably human. 'You know, a lot of things are going through my head like, "Where is the rest of the body?" Like, "Did this wash in from the tide, from the water? Did somebody leave this here intentionally to be found?"' Ewing told KIRO. He quickly snapped photos of the grim discovery, hurried back to his wife and together, they approached a park ranger to report what they had found. Given the condition of the toe, Ewing couldn't shake the unsettling feeling that it was tied to something criminal - possibly even the remains of a murdered or missing person. 'Maybe there's somebody out there playing some kind of, you know, weird, weird and sick game,' he told KIRO. Washington State Patrol (WSP) quickly arrived on the scene and launched an investigation into the disturbing discovery. According to WSP Trooper Rick Johnson, an alert was sent to all law enforcement agencies to cross-reference any open cases that might be connected, as reported by the Federal Way Mirror. The toe was turned over to the King County Medical Examiner's Office for DNA testing and identification. In an incident report obtained by the outlet, the toe - which was found to be accompanied by another piece of organic matter - was believed to be about the size of an adult male's. On Friday, Public Health - Seattle & King County revealed that the toe was found to have been medically amputated - meaning it had no relation to a death, as reported by KIRO 7 News. No further investigation will be conducted by the King County Medical Examiner's Office, as the case is now closed shut.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Couple's message in a bottle found 13 years later 2,000 miles away
A message in a bottle thrown into the Atlantic Ocean by a Canadian couple in Newfoundland 13 years ago recently washed ashore a beach in Ireland. The couple, identified by various U.S. and Canadian media outlets as Brad and Anita Squires, were on Newfoundland's Bell Island in 2012 when they decided to cast a message out to sea. "Anita and Brad's day trip to Bell Island," the note said. "Today, we enjoyed dinner, this bottle of wine and each other, at the edge of the island." It asked whoever might find the message to "please call us," followed by a scribbled number. "I gave it everything I had," Brad Squires told The Canadian Press in an interview Wednesday. "We didn't see it hit the water, it was too high up. I just assumed it smashed on the rocks." The bottle survived the throw and for 13 years, it floated across the Atlantic Ocean until it washed up ashore about 2,000 miles away on Scraggane Bay in the Maharees Peninsula along the southwest coast of Ireland. It was picked up on Monday by Kate and Jon Gay, who shared the discovery with a local conversation group. "Really? A message in a bottle? Really? Wow!" Kate Gay told CBS News via email on Friday. "We couldn't see any writing on the paper inside — and decided to save the excitement of opening it until that evening." She is a community partner of the Maharees Conservation Association. They are working together to strengthen coastal resilience through creative exploration with the community, she said. "I thought it would be a fun way to start a project meeting we were having in my house that evening … and I wasn't wrong!" she said in her email. "That bottle had survived so many storms that have caused damage, erosion and flooding in Maharees … yet it arrived on our beach, that day, a little weathered but holding strong!" That night, the association shared a post on its Facebook page with photos of the bottle and the message. It quickly went viral. "Such a long way to travel and such a long time to get here but we got it! Now if only Anita and Brad would just answer the phone they told us to call them on!!!" the post said. "It seems we let a genie out of that bottle!" Kate Gay said. Within an hour, the Squires — now married with three children and living in Newfoundland, according to The Canadian Press — reached out to the conservation group confirming they were the Brad and Anita in the note. "Anita and I both feel like we have new friends, and we're all equally amazed," Brad Squires said. He and his wife are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary next year. It is also the conversation association's 10th year anniversary. "It's such a romantic story - and it has brought joy to so many," Kate Gay told CBS News. "The 'message in a bottle' has gone from being a time capsule of a happy moment on Bell Island to a metaphor for resilience and the ripple effect of positive actions and connections." ICE raids in California turn violent after protesters clash with agents One year after Thomas Crooks tried to kill President Trump, here's what's known about him Reflecting on the selfless heroism shown during the Texas floods
Daily Mail
01-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Horror as human leg 'with sock and shoe still on it' washes up on beach - as police link it to body found 70 miles away
A human leg with a 'shock and shoe' still on it has been found washed up on a British beach after it became detached from a human body 70 miles away. The tragic find was made at a popular Ayrshire beach in Scotland on the morning of June 10 at around 10.45am. Police have now linked the limb to the discovery of a man's body in the coastal village of Millisle, Northern Ireland in May. A witness reported encountering the leg bone on Prestwick Beach 'buried under some seaweed' with 'the sock and shoe till on it'. The beachgoer told The Scottish Sun: 'I was walking along the beach early on Tuesday morning when I came across a leg bone.' A police probe is now underway though is not yet known whether the remains belonged to a male or female. The death is not being treated as suspicious and it is understood the man - whose body was found close to the coastal Donaghadee Road - was not from Northern Ireland. Police Scotland said: 'Around 10.45am on Tuesday, 10 June, 2025, we received a report that human remains had been discovered on Prestwick Beach. 'Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.' The Police Service of Northern Ireland said: 'We can confirm that the body found in the Donaghadee Road area of Millisle on Wednesday, 21st May has been identified. 'The remains were determined to be male and police are engaging with the family of the deceased. The death is not being treated as suspicious.'
Fox News
30-06-2025
- Fox News
Police reveal contents of mysterious black packages that washed up on pristine Florida beach
As Yosemite Sam would said: "What in tarnation??" A beachgoer in the Sunshine State happened upon an unusual discovery while enjoying a day on the sand over the weekend. Twenty-five mysterious black packages — each with an image of famous cartoon character Yosemite Sam — washed ashore on a Florida Panhandle beach on Sunday, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office. The bricks contained a whopping $500,000 worth of cocaine, police said. "While enjoying our beautiful beaches, if you come across any square groupers, PLEASE call us immediately and DO NOT touch suspicious packages," the sheriff's office said in a social media post. "The contents could be extremely harmful. We're here if you need us." Authorities subsequently confiscated the drugs and logged them into evidence. However, it's not clear where the packages of drugs came from. The Walton County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The incident comes three days after a bundle of cocaine washed up on an Alabama shore, according to authorities. The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office received reports of suspicious packages located on the sands of the Fort Morgan Peninsula on Thursday, police said. Upon arriving on the beach, deputies retrieved the 150-pound packages and later determined they contained 50 individually wrapped kilos of cocaine, according to the department. "It is not uncommon for additional bundles of illicit contraband to surface," the department said in a social media post, adding, "we ask the public not to open bundles or packages, as they could contain hazardous chemicals or dangerous drugs." The sheriff's office subsequently contacted the Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to take over the case, according to the department's statement. HSI did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
