For the better part of this month, Carson, California, a coastal city in Los Angeles county, has been terrorized by a “foul odor” that has upended the lives of many of its residents and become one of the main topics of conversation in the city of 92,000 people.

How bad is the smell?

“It could take out a herd of rhinoceroses,” one resident told the mayor and city council at a public hearing about the bad smell last week. “It’s not a mild smell. Fix it!”

Read more in 'It Could Take Out a Herd of Rhinoceroses': Bad Smell Terrorizes California City at Vice. See also: What Is That Hideous Stench?? at The Cut.