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One of France's greatest mysteries has finally been solved.
For decades, novelty Garfield phones have been washing up to shore along a 15-mile stretch of beach near Brest.
"Where did they come from?" locals wondered.
"Why are they here? How do the phones feel about Mondays or lasagna?"
Well, at long last, the answer to all these questions has been uncovered.
@BBCWorld @kcgreenn The world is full of beauty and mystery— Alex Hirsch (@Alex Hirsch) 1553808336.0
French environmentalists had had enough of the lasagna-guzzling feline who relentlessly polluted their beaches.
The anti-littering group Ar Vilantsou began an ad campaign centered around the phones which ran in the area fairly consistently.
@BBCWorld @MikeDrucker "The second angel poured out his shipping container full of Garfield phones on the sea, and… https://t.co/7YZyinW4ZW— John H (@John H) 1553782520.0
Before long, the ads caught the attention of a local farmer, who recalled a bad storm in the 1980's.
The day after that storm, the Garfield's began washing up on the beach, as they've continued to do every day since then.
@BBCWorld This is the stuff of nightmares. I’m so so very sorry that this pox has been put upon Britanny!— Devin Nunes’ Fungal Infection (@Devin Nunes’ Fungal Infection) 1553811099.0
The farmer was able to lead the Ad Vilantsou team to an obscure sea cave that he recalled a shipping container from a passing boat had been blown into during the storm.
"Are you looking for Garfield?" the man asked. Simonin-Le Meur said yes, she was — she always was. "Come with me,… https://t.co/gpTtrBS44J— The Washington Post (@The Washington Post) 1553870801.0
@BBCWorld It took 35 years to find it? Wow, it must be hidden. I hope they pull it out & clean it up.— Jen (@Jen) 1553808715.0
Inside the sea cave, the team found the shipping container, which had burst wide open and was now surrounded by countless Garfield phones.
The source of the litter had been discovered. Ar Vilantsou's Claire Simonin-Le Meur commented:
"This is the first time in our lives that we've seen that."
@BBCWorld @Lord_Bung Thank god another reason to sleep peacefully in such a chaotic world— Nikhil Madhu (@Nikhil Madhu) 1553847331.0
Twitter loves nothing more than a genuinely strange story.
@BBCWorld Me after logging on and seeing a story about a French Garfield phone mystery instead of the usual daily v… https://t.co/54Vw4QCy6d— inkboySP (@inkboySP) 1553807501.0
@BBCWorld @Rusty595 The simulation is unstable— Olimar as a Waluigi Supporter (@Olimar as a Waluigi Supporter) 1553779114.0
Sci-fi pitch: Thousands of years after humans go extinct, an advanced alien race visits Earth and attempts to recon… https://t.co/aOQVu4Qrmj— Christopher Ingraham (@Christopher Ingraham) 1553866941.0
You know what, that makes sense and any sane person would’ve probably suspected as much. But if my dumbass found a… https://t.co/xHTQqZvOgm— No. (@No.) 1553822810.0
@AndrewNadeau0 @LumpyTouch the orange one is speaking to us— Alonso Velazquez (@Alonso Velazquez) 1553868831.0
@nytimes The Garfield phones are replicating exponentially. Every inch of this planet will be covered by the yea… https://t.co/fbHtK5nLxs— JR (@JR) 1553875656.0
Sadly, however, Garfield won his final battle with the local authorities.
The shipping container is apparently wedged in an "inaccessible" crevice, so the Garfield phones will simply have to continue being washed to shore until, someday, the container exhausts its supply.
@BBCWorld "... local officials say they will continue to harvest Garfields from the coastline."— Peter D. (@Peter D.) 1553778376.0
Until then, Ar Vilantsou simply plans to continue watching the beaches and picking up any stray cats they can find.