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A severed foot has washed up on a beach… still wearing a tennis shoe.

Volunteers made the grisly discovery while cleaning the area.

The find, in Seattle's Centennial Park, has been linked to as many as 15 "appendage" finds in the Pacific NorthWest since 2007. But authorities say it is too soon to establish if Tuesday's case is related.

Barb McLintock, a coronor in nearby British Columbia, said: "Could we guarantee that it is not at this point? No. But we don’t know anything about this, it was in Seattle.

"If they think they need to, they’ll make contact with our identification and disaster response unit."

Despite investigations still being in their infancy, McLintock admitted the chances of there being a link were slim.

"I suspect that the chances aren't high but this will be up to the American authorities to start," she added.