# HOORAY! 44 tons of rotten, stinking Bison meat! Newslink **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739 "2009-10-05T22:32:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739/1 "2009-10-05T22:32:06Z")
Ah! The smell of decomposing Bison in the morning! It smells like tax evasion! [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091004/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_meat\_mess\_8](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091004/ap_on_re_us/us_meat_mess_8) > [@](#): > > BRIDGEWATER, S.D. – Behind the freezer doors at a meat plant mysteriously abandoned by its owner, the 44 tons of bison meat managed to hold its own for months, masked by the brutal chill of two South Dakota winters. > > Once the power was cut and spring thaw arrived, nature took over. And enough rotting meat to fill a high school gym did exactly what you’d expect: It stank. > > It stank at the bank. It smelled at the law office. It reeked at the cafe. Even the jewelry store wasn’t immune. Everyone in this tiny town could smell it, everywhere they went. A putrid odor so downright nasty the cleaners sent to mop up the gooey mess of liquefied meat — topped by a blanket of swarming white maggots and buzzed by a legion of flies — gave up after two days. Remind me to stay the hell out of South Dakota for the next 2 or 3 years, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739/2 "2009-10-05T22:33:49Z")
Maybe they could just burn the plant down and then it would just smell like a BBQ for a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739/3 "2009-10-06T00:48:17Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Maybe they could just burn the plant down and then it would just smell like a BBQ for a few weeks. Nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739/4 "2009-10-06T01:06:40Z")
You know what they should do ? Blow it all up with dynamite. Hey, it worked with that beached whale, didn’t it ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739/5 "2009-10-06T01:30:42Z")
> [@](#): > > The saga of the smell began in January 2008, when owner Ilan Parente closed Bridgewater Quality Meats and moved the business to Dawson, Minn., as Noah’s Ark Processors LLC. This guy has failed to pay back taxes as well as the utilities and cleanup costs. I’m glad that the reporter told us who he is and where he’s doing business now. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739/6 "2009-10-06T09:52:19Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > This guy has failed to pay back taxes as well as the utilities and cleanup costs. I’m glad that the reporter told us who he is and where he’s doing business now. I’m glad the guy is no where near me. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739/7 "2009-10-06T17:53:17Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > You know what they should do ? Blow it all up with dynamite. Hey, it worked with that beached whale, didn’t it ? 🙂 [Obligatory link to intrepid reporting on The Infamous Exploding Whale Incident](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vmnq5dBF7Y) :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hooray-44-tons-of-rotten-stinking-bison-meat-newslink/512739/8 "2009-10-06T18:44:34Z")
> [@NajaNivea](#): > > [Obligatory link to intrepid reporting on The Infamous Exploding Whale Incident](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vmnq5dBF7Y) :D:D:D One of the first videos I ever saw on line - and it made me laugh out loud.