Phantom BenGay reported in Peabody

By adamg on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 10:35pm

The Salem News reports a Peabody woman called 911 to report an intruder in her home because she was smelling BenGay. But a responding officer "reported there was no BenGay in the building and all appeared to be in order."

H/t Liz.

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Botched Crank Call

By Smart Arse
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 2:29am

She should have gone with "Do you have Prince Albert in the Can" instead.

You nailed it

By anon
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 2:52pm

She also could have gone with "is your refrigerator running?" :-)

You mean like... How do you

By anon
Sun, 09/13/2020 - 10:58am

You mean like... How do you make Bengay?

Olfactory hallucination

By perruptor
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 6:44am

Like that time you accused me of farting.

Smells like Geriatric Spirit

By anon
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 7:52am

Smells like Geriatric Spirit

Ooh...

By BobGoblin
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 10:05am

She may want to see a doctor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantosmia

No joke.

By J.R. Dobbs
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 11:26am

I always smell really bizarre burning metal and plastic-like odors just before a seizure that are vaguely familiar but also really difficult to describe.

She may be seriously ill.

I actually had to go to a

By anon_wd
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 2:44pm

I actually had to go to a doctor for that- was experiencing regular inexplicable smell of smoke due to frequent sinus infections a few years ago

So is the Peabody Department

By anon
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 11:22am

So is the Peabody Department of Health going do do a follow-up visit with her or is the town going wait for a crisis?

It's not

By lurchie
Sat, 09/12/2020 - 6:58pm

a toomah!

Phantom BenGay reported in Peabody

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