We Have Monkey Feet

In our landfills. A severed foot showed up in a landfill in Spotsylvania, VA, near Fredericksburg, and it prompted a massive search for the remains of what was likely a murder victim.

But the search was called off on account of the foot belonged to a monkey. From the AP here:

SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. – A foot fished from a landfill was not the human variety. Cleaned and X-rayed, the appendage was determined to be apelike, authorities said Monday.

The discovery Saturday prompted a search through 127 tons of garbage, which ended following the medical analysis of the foot at the state forensics lab in Richmond.

About 35 fire, rescue and sheriff’s employees had been looking through the garbage for about an hour Monday and all day Sunday.

Smith said they will not look for the remainder of the apelike species.

The foot appeared to have been cleanly sawed off above the ankle, and Smith said there was just skin and bone, no hair.