# Why would a house suddenly smell like pepper spray?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-house-suddenly-smell-like-pepper-spray/851879 "2020-04-15T21:38:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anita\_Dayoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Anita\_Dayoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Dayoff)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-house-suddenly-smell-like-pepper-spray/851879/21 "2020-04-18T23:15:07Z")

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My parents told me there were kids that might do that.

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**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-house-suddenly-smell-like-pepper-spray/851879/22 "2020-04-19T22:10:28Z")

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The smell did not produce a burning sensation. And this is Brooklyn, so there are no animals roaming around. I don’t have any kids in the house either. Just me and my girlfriend. Still a mystery to me.

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