No one knows how it started . No one know who was responsible . Some may even have dismissed it as an aberration , a glitch in the scenery that would before long be corrected . But eventually , drivers in and around Des Peres , Missouri who took a main road off - ramp connecting I-270 North to Manchester Road begin to notice that a jar ofpickleswas sit on a dividing roadblock on the ramp . And it was n’t exit anywhere .
Since 2012 , the pickle jar has confuse drivers and cyberspace sleuths alike , according toAtlas Obscura . Some have speculated that someone was sample to send a clandestine subject matter or partake a private gag . Perhaps someone pulling off to the side due to car difficulty feel the need to place the brine - fill jar on the concrete wall and then draw a blank about it . Maybe someone thought it would be a kind of three - dimensional graffito , incongruous amid the bustling traffic . Maybe it ’s an indictment of DoC .
Whatever the case , once thepicklesappeared , counselor-at-law refused to let them go . jarful that terminate up tumble over or otherwise damaged are replaced . Sometimes theyreappearin protective plastic containers or with a holiday - theme bow . sighting are photographed for posterity and posted on aFacebookfan pageboy devoted to the jar , which currently has over 4200 member and has morphed from a place to conjecture about the mystic jar ’s bloodline to a place where people swap fix - bear on recipe and stories .
There are dry spells — no one has post of apicklesighting in several months — but follower stay affirmative the shock will keep on to remain a presence in Des Peres even if the motivation for placing them near the roadway remains as mirky as the briny juice inside .
[ h / tAtlas Obscura ]
