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Citizen complaint of the day: What is he stuffing down that storm drain?

By adamg on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 12:49pm

A concerned citizen reports on odd goings-on at a storm drain on Mildred Avenue in Mattapan:

Caller states an unidentified man has been stuffing bags of unknown contents down the sewer at the location everyday for the past year. He usually has a golf club or cane which he uses to push the bags down the sewer. Caller reports seeing the individual usually between 10am and 12 pm

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Comments

By Somebody Else. on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 12:56pm.

"NO, MA'AM, BUT THAT BARBECUE SURE SMELLS GOOD."

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By cmbeat on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 3:51pm.

Fried Green Tomatoes reference?

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By anon on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 1:00pm.

Call 911 and tell them when you see the guy.

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By Scratchie on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 1:21pm.

If the poster simply talked to his neighbor about this issue, I'm sure they could arrive at a mutually-satisfactory resolution without any difficulty. Someone who stuffs trash down the storm drain every day for a year certainly sounds like a reasonable individual.

Seriously, though, as much as I hate the inevitable "Why did they post this to Citizen's Connect?" comments, this sounds like it's a job for the police rather than the mayor's office. And if it's been going on for a year, what took him(?) so long to report it?

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By violator on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 1:42pm.

Surprise-- It's dogshit

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By Kaz on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 3:56pm.

If these are corn starch bags, I wouldn't have a huge problem with him shoving them down the drain.

http://www.amazon.com/Flush-Puppies-Flushable-Certified-Compostable/dp/B...

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By Scratchie on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 4:21pm.

Even allowing for the possibility that someone this selfish and lazy would be using environmentally-friendly bags, these are storm drains that probably (according to the little metal plaques) discharge into the Charles River. So I would think that a few people might have a problem with dumping shit into them.

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By Kaz on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 10:25am.

I mean, a decomposing bag of dog shit is an improvement over what's usually floating in it.

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By Robert David Sullivan on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 1:43pm.

Has everyone been getting their mail in that neighborhood?

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By LOLCAT on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 3:06pm.

I bet it's muffin stumps.

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By rach on Thu, 09/18/2014 - 4:40pm.

I've seen more than 1 Chinese immigrant do this. I think it's commonplace there.

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