Deputies: Remains Found Inside Sneaker Washed up on Sequim Beach Were Not Human

Deputies: Remains found inside sneaker washed up on Sequim beach were not human

A shoe with bones and tissue washed up on the shores of a county park beach in Clallam County earlier this week, prompting public interest and concern.

Sneaker with 'remains' found on Clallam County beach turns out to be of a bear

A sneaker that washed up on a Clallam County beach containing what was initially believed to be human remains was not human at all, the county sheriff’s office confirmed. “Forensic testing conducted by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the material was of bear origin, and no human biological matter was present,” the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office stated. It is unknown how bear bone and tissue became lodged inside the was…

Remains in shoe determined to belong to a bear

Peninsula Daily News Peninsula Daily News - Your #1 News Source for the Olympic Peninsula, Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend and beyond. SEQUIM — A shoe found earlier this week on the beach at Marly Nelson County Park at Port Williams contained bear bones and tissue and was not human remains, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said. Remains in shoe determined to belong to a bear Peninsula Daily News

Shoe found near Sequim contained bear tissue

Sequim – On Thursday, December 11, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office received confirmation from the Clallam County Coroner’s Office that the bone and tissue discovered inside a shoe found on the beach at Marly Nelson County Park, Port Williams near Sequim, did not belong to a human. Forensic testing conducted by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the material was of bear origin, and no human biological matter was present…