Mystery of the human toe found in a box at Dash Point State Park has been solved

The enigma of a toed recovered successful a container astatine Dash Point State Park is nary longer afoot.

According to the Public Health – Seattle & King County, the toed was recovered to person been medically amputated, and NOT related to a death, an probe found.

There volition beryllium nary further probe by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Here’s what happened:

While walking connected Dash Point formation connected Father’s Day, a Tacoma antheral stumbled upon a gift-wrapped container with a quality toed inside.

“I recovered what looked similar a small Christmas bundle is simply a small quadrate container wrapped successful greenish cloth and yellowish string,” Kevin Ewing said.

Ewing thought it was a supplication container oregon connection successful a bottle-type happening astatine first, but it ended being the unexpected.

“Sat determination successful daze for a fewer seconds and past realized this looks similar you know, a severed quality toe,” helium recalled.

He says the toed was wrapped successful achromatic cloth adjacent to a feather, grass, sage and tobacco.

“A batch of things are going done my caput similar - wherever is the remainder of the body? Like, did this lavation successful from the tide, oregon the water? Did idiosyncratic permission this present intentionally to beryllium found?”

Ewing says helium took photos of the container and told a parkland ranger immediately.

He says helium besides recovered a dead, mutilated seagull not excessively acold from the box. He’s unsure if the 2 are related.