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Mystery surrounds plate of bananas that keeps appearing on street corner

By T.K. Randall
January 15, 2025 · Comment icon 5 comments
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Who is leaving the bananas and why ? (file photo) Image Credit: Pixabay / Alexas_Fotos
Someone has been leaving a plate of bananas on the ground in Beeston, England every month for over a year.
According to local reports, a plate of peeled bananas has been placed on the corner of Abbey Road and Wensor Avenue in Beeston, Nottinghamshire on the second day of every month.

There is nothing special about the bananas themselves - of which there are typically between 16 and 20 - and there are never any notes or other indications left to explain why they have been left there.

On top of this, nobody ever takes or eats the bananas, meaning they quickly end up going moldy.

The mystery has left local residents scratching their heads.

"I've asked around in the local community but no-one really knows and no-one can tell me anything," said Clare Short who lives nearby.
"[The bananas] appear early in the morning on the second of the month, I see them on my way to work. I'd love to know the answer to this."

The fact that the bananas just sit there and go moldy has prompted some of the locals to try to encourage whoever is responsible to stop leaving them there.

Short even tried putting up a sign asking them to stop, but to no avail - the plate of bananas appeared at the same place on the second day of the month as usual.

"If they could come back and clean up the mess a few days later that would be lovely," she said.

"I think it's a special thing for [someone] and I wish them well."

Source: BBC News | Comments (5)




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Recent comments on this story
Comment icon #1 Posted by Still Waters 1 month ago
What a waste of good food.
Comment icon #2 Posted by Amorlind 1 month ago
Mario lost something ? ?
Comment icon #3 Posted by Stiff 1 month ago
Considering they know where, when and even a rough idea of time, I highly doubt it would take Columbo to find out who was doing it.
Comment icon #4 Posted by MissJatti 1 month ago
If you are that fused, place a camera or something...............................
Comment icon #5 Posted by Still Waters 15 days ago
An a-peel-ing mystery deepens after another plate of peeled bananas was left in a leafy Nottinghamshire street and disappeared after just one night. While inquiries by residents into who left them behind have so far proved fruitless, the bananas piled high on a plate have been left for over a year - and another plate was discovered on Saturday night. Luke Roberts and Jai Brewer, who travelled three hours from Slough to see the landmark on Sunday morning, were left disappointed when they found the plate had gone missing. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrnd9z97wwo


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