By Tim Binnall
Authorities in Ohio are asking the public for help in solving a messy mystery in the form of a massive mound of meat that some miscreant dumped on the side of a road. The huge pile of putrid food was reportedly discovered earlier this month in the community of Grandview. The mound is particularly mystifying, Joshua Lane of the Washington County Health Department explained, by virtue of the "wide variety of meats" that it contains as the unfortunate individual who first stumbled upon the jaw-dropping deposit identified "pork loins, sausage, bacon, steaks, chicken, and shrimp."
Making the case all the more maddening for local officials, the ne'er-do-well who dumped the meat did so at a spot within Wayne National Forest. With the location being federal property, this has left authorities bound by various bureaucratic rules that prevent them from simply scooping up the pile and properly disposing of it. As such, the mound sits rotting away on the side of the road while its removal can be coordinated among the various parties involved in the matter.
Fortunately, residents' concerns that the pile could pose some kind of health risk by being close to a stream, Lane indicated that the meat mound is perfectly safe in that regard, though conceded that its horrifying smell is undoubtedly an unpleasant annoyance to anyone visiting the forest. Considering the enormous amount of food that was dumped, it stands to reason that someone in the community would know how the mound wound up where it is and, as such, cops are calling on the public to share any leads they might have regarding the weird case.