Mystery Behind 500 Pounds of Pasta Dumped by a New Jersey River Is Finally Solved

And by mounds, we mean 500 pounds of spaghetti, elbows, and alphabet pasta.

The story went viral when public official Nina Jochnowitz posted aboutthe mysterious pasta dumpon Facebook.

Eventually, a local NBC affiliatesolved the mysteryby simply talking to a neighbor.

Apparently, she’d left behind quite a stockpile of food and he disposed it in the woods.

My grandparents always had a cupboard full of cans and pasta, just to be safe.

While the pasta appears cooked in the photos, that was actually not the case.

It had been thrown into the woods dry, but became limp after several days in the rain.

Old Bridge is the only town in its county that lacks this service.

Its been a point of contention for many years, she toldThe New York Times.

My hope is that whoever did it is not eating as many carbs as they cooked.