A discarded fast-food hamburger on a New York City street piqued public curiosity on Saturday because of its highly recognizable and unexpected packaging.

As reported by the New York Post, the burger, which was was in fresh, pristine condition, was wrapped in the signature paper of West Coast chain In-N-Out Burger, which has no locations in New York City or anywhere nearby.

In-N-Out, highly popular for their quality ingredients and signature "animal style" burgers and fries, has long evaded expansion to the East Coast. Most of the chain's approximately 300 locations are in California and Arizona, and there are currently In-N-Outs only as far east as Kansas City.

A keen observer expressed shock when he spotted the burger early in the morning on Saturday near Jamaica, Queens, on his way to get breakfast. Lincoln Boehm, a California native said of the find, "It genuinely shook me to my core." He took several photos of the burger which he described as "sitting comedically, like perfectly up on the street, completely untouched ... as if it had come off the grill five minutes ago."

My buddy Lincoln found a perfectly wrapped In-N-Out burger...



On the streets of Queens, New York!



I AM FREAKING OUT pic.twitter.com/TZbGvLn9N0 — David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) July 20, 2019

Boehm, 31, said he had eaten over 1,000 In-N-Out burgers in his life and was certain the one he saw on Saturday in NYC was the real deal. He pointed to the signature placement of ingredients and grilled bun as evidence of its authenticity. Boehm rejected the notion that the burger had been brought to NYC by a passenger on an airplane, saying he had tried and failed to do so many times because the burgers just don't hold up through the transcontinental journey.

Boehm, a creative director, said theories about the burger's mysterious location have been pouring into his email inbox since he posted photos online. He is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery but doesn't have any strong leads.

"I would really really love to know the truth," he said. "I want to know how this happened."

A local fast food employee rejected a larger conspiracy theory, suggesting that the burger was likely just flown in and discarded saying, "Nah, maybe somebody came from California with this burger?"