Leg Washes Up On Texas Beach
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Leg Washes Up On Texas Beach
Authorities are hoping DNA will provide some answers after a leg washed up on a Texas beach.
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(April 14, 2008)--Authorities are hoping to recover enough DNA from a lower leg found on a South Padre Island beach to identify the owner.

Cameron County Park Ranger Lt. Arnold Flores says there was little left of the leg, but bone when it was found Sunday.

But the foot was still encased in a black tennis shoe and barnacles had begun to attach themselves.

Passers-by found the leg toward the southern end of the island.

Flores says that with a prevailing wind from the south, the leg could have floated up the coast or even out of the Rio Grande where it flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Posted by: Eve Location: Waco on Apr 18, 2008 at 01:04 PM

I go down there every summer with my kids. Don't know If i want to go this year.
Posted by: Sheila Location: Waco on Apr 15, 2008 at 09:01 AM

Yikes! Now I have that song in my head. I am so sorry this happened.
Posted by: Reality Check Location: Whack em Waco on Apr 14, 2008 at 10:37 PM

For some reason the theme to "Jaws" started playing in my head when I read this article.
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