What's That Smell?

For over a month now Katie and I have complained about this smell emanating from our kitchen closet. This is a HUGE closet which at one time housed the washer and dryer and is used today more as a pantry just off the kitchen and also that is where the trash can is.



We emptied the trash, and Katie cleaned out the closet trying to find the source of the horrendous odor. It smells like a rotting carcass or something. It's that bad! It appears to be worsening as the weather gets warmer. None of this is a good sign.



She hypothesized that it could be a mouse that got stuck and died in the wall. I've heard of this happening so I suppose it could be. We also wonder if maybe something crawled up under the house and died there...but I figure we'd smell it in more than just that isolated area of the house if that were the case.



Regardless our minds started wandering. Have you seen that neighborhood cat recently? Hmmmmmmmmm? Could it be? Then Katie had the best one "Well, there is a missing family!"



Ewwwwwwwwwww, groooooooooosssssssssssssssss!