By Gus Saltonstall
A fishy situation unfolded outside of an Upper West Side train station on Monday.
Five salmon filets were found strewn on the ground in Verdi Square next to the West 72nd Street 1, 2, and 3 train station.
Nearby, there were Fairway salmon packages and a white Fairway bag also on the ground, according to Ellen Jovin, who was enjoying the sunshine when she spotted the fish.
“A woman sitting near us picked up one package and showed it to us,” Jovin wrote in an email to West Side Rag. “According to the package, its salmon piece had been 1.01 lbs and was kosher.”
The discovery leaves a variety of questions.
Could it have been a migration gone wrong? Or a wealthy Upper West Sider’s attempt to give the local birds or stray cats a rare delicacy? Possibly a very naturalistic attempt at sun-drying the salmon?
On Tuesday morning, Jovin confirmed that one piece of salmon remained in Verdi Square.
“I think it has been in touch with many rush hour commuters’ shoes,” Jovin wrote.
WSR will continue to work to get to the bottom of the fishy finding.
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Feeding the rats?
You took my reply
This story sounds fishy to me!
I would guess a bird stole it from someone’s bag and they didn’t feel like cleaning it up.