Ape foot found in dump

Authorities have determined that a disembodied foot found at a Spotsylvania, Virginia landfill over the weekend once belonged to an ape. After landfill workers first uncovered the foot, three dozen deputies and volunteers, thinking it was human, dug through more than 60 tons of trash looking for the rest of the body. Disposing of animal parts is apparently a misdemeanor and police will not continue the investigation. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

The sheriff said the foot bore no hair and that officials from the state medical examiner's office in Richmond also thought the foot belonged to a human upon initial inspection. Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard Smith said X-rays by the medical examiner's office revealed a bone structure that belonged to an ape species, not a human.

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