Earlier tonight, Jeff Welz, co-director of the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, confirmed that firefighters were rappeling down the cliffs off Boulevard East near 43rd Street in Weehawken to investigate a pungent odor.

Several strollers along the Boulevard had called in complaints, he said.

Well, according to news photographer Joe Shine, who is on the scene, the cause of the foul smell was a dead chicken that firefighters discovered at the bottom of the hill.