New Jersey’s Pasta Mystery Remains Unsolved

Authorities in a central New Jersey city say they do not know who dumped lots of of kilos of pasta close to a stream, however they’re now not worrying about it. Outdated Bridge Mayor Owen Henry mentioned Friday that the spaghetti, noodles, and macaroni was cleaned up final week by public works crews, per the AP. The odd sight rapidly drew nationwide consideration when pictures of the pasta have been posted on social media. The estimated 500 kilos of pasta was apparently uncooked when it was dumped, however subsequent heavy rains softened the meals and made the mounds appear to be they’d been cooked, officers have mentioned.

It is not believed the pasta had been on the website for lengthy earlier than it was found. Henry mentioned the pasta didn’t trigger any environmental injury or well being points, and he considers the matter closed. “It actually shouldn’t have ended up within the woods—placing in or close to the stream mattress was not the very best concept—however I actually hope our police should not placing extra time into this” he mentioned. “Assuming the pasta was nonetheless usable, I want it had ended up in our meals financial institution, which may have actually used it.” (Learn weirder stuff tales.)