By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-20 02:56:03 | Updated at 2026-08-20 03:13:27
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You’ve got to be squiding me!
A tractor-trailer spilled 20 tons of squid onto a busy Rhode Island roadway Sunday morning — stinking up the surrounding area in what local authorities have dubbed the “Squidpocalypse of ‘26.”
The smelly squiduation began around 9:30 a.m. when the truck, which was headed to an out-of-town processing facility, dislodged and flipped on its side as the driver made a turn on the Narragansett street.
The mishap left the intersection covered in mountains of slimy sea creatures.
Workers clean squid from a roadway in Narragansett, R.I., on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. APRichard Stevens, a Narragansett resident and local fisherman, told WJAR that the odor was unmistakable.
“Squid has a distinctive odor to it,” he noted.
“It can be very foul-smelling, especially if it lands on the road and stays there for a while.”
As the sun beat down on the piles of calamari and temperatures reached above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the ink-credible scent became overpowering.
Narragansett Police Capt. Ryan Prest confirmed there were no injuries to the driver or a passenger, but the scene “started to smell bad as the squid sat out in the sun for a few hours.”
The tentacle cleanup took nearly the whole day. The intersection remained closed until 5:15 p.m. as crews got kraken on the slimy mess.
A truckload of squid spills into the street, creating a smelly mess in the summer heat in Rhode Island. APHeavy equipment and a dump truck were eventually brought in to haul away the slippery cargo.
The Narragansett Police Department made light of the situation in a social media post on Wednesday, stating that the town is still recovering from the “Squidpocalypse of ’26 — the spill that put ‘slippery when wet’ to shame.”
Rhode Island State Police and the Narragansett Police Department did not immediately responded to The Post’s requests for comment.
With Post wires.
