A pair of feet from the mystery dozen that have washed up on Pacific Northwest beaches since the Fall of 2007 has revealed an important clue to the mystery. It’s a gruesome one.

DNA matching reveal them to be formerly attached to the body of a bridge jump suicide. The body was never recovered, but decomposing bodies in water often separate feet from legs over time. Combine that with the trend in recent athletic shoes (such as New Balance) to include air in the soles, and voila, detached feet rising to the surface and eventually finding their way to the shore to freak every one out.

So, nothing sinister as was speculated, but instead a sad final chapter in the life of someone’s lost loved one.

Via ABC News.