Current:Home > reviewsFastexy:Green slime or not? New Yorkers confused over liquid oozing from sewers but it's just dye -ForexStream
Fastexy:Green slime or not? New Yorkers confused over liquid oozing from sewers but it's just dye
Charles Langston View
Date:2025-04-09 06:18:27
Green liquid oozing out of the sewers in New York City?Fastexy
As strange as it sounds, that's what one passerby was able to capture and post on social media.
"So there’s literal green sludge bubbling up from the ground next to World Trade Center right now," Dan Pontelo wrote in a post on X.
While Pontelo and others may have been concerned, the florescent water is nothing to be worried about.
"Can anybody explain this or are we just living in full blown Gotham rn," Pontelo wrote in a follow up post.
Others commented that it was reminiscent of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Unfortunately, New York City has not shifted into a parallel universe and the green ooze isn't giving anyone superpowers any time soon.
In fact, it's just dye.
According to a disclaimer on the post, plumbers sometimes use dye to trace a leak or figure out what type of sewer system a facility may have.
In fact, this type of dye tracing can even help scientists "visualize how water moves from one place to another," the National Park Service said.
This isn't the first time residents have spotted the green dye in the city. In March, a X user posted an image of the green liquid in a subway station in Brooklyn.
Despite the disclaimer, Pontelo joked that he's still not convinced it's only dye.
"Contrary to the community note, I think the sludge is radioactive ooze. Source? Divine intuition," he wrote.
Watch:Deer jumps over cars, smashes into truck for sale just as potential buyer arrives
Magic mushrooms found:Connecticut man charged after police find $8.5 million worth of illegal mushrooms in home
veryGood! (98658)
Related
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Intimidated by Strength Training? Here's How I Got Over My Fear of the Weight Room
- Double Big Mac comes to McDonald's this month: Here's what's on the limited-time menu item
- Adan Canto's wife breaks silence after his death from cancer at age 42: Forever my treasure Adan
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- 'Devastating case': Endangered whale calf maimed by propeller stirs outrage across US
- Top UN court opens hearings on South Africa’s allegation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
- Why Golden Bachelor's Leslie Was Uncomfortable During Gerry and Theresa's Wedding
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Ukraine’s president in Estonia on swing through Russia’s Baltic neighbors
Ranking
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Fantasia Barrino on her emotional journey back to 'Color Purple': 'I'm not the same woman'
- Health advocates criticize New Mexico governor for increasing juvenile detention
- Rapper G Herbo could be sentenced to more than a year in jail in fraud plot
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Deion Sanders thinks college football changed so much it 'chased the GOAT' Nick Saban away
- Bill Belichick out as Patriots coach as historic 24-year run with team comes to an end
- Intimidated by Strength Training? Here's How I Got Over My Fear of the Weight Room
Recommendation
'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
As car insurance continues to rise, U.S. inflation ticks up in December
Retired Arizona prisons boss faces sentencing on no-contest plea stemming from armed standoff
The Alabama job is open. What makes it one of college football's most intriguing?
Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
Another layer of misery: Women in Gaza struggle to find menstrual pads, running water
Emmys will have reunions, recreations of shows like ‘Lucy,’ ‘Martin,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Thrones’
Scientists discover 350,000 mile tail on planet similar to Jupiter