The disappointing level of job creation in August may have had an unlikely source: Porn.

Friday's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the economy added a net 169,000 positions, about 11,000 short of the consensus estimate.

While it's difficult to point one specific reason why job creation missed expectations, speculation in some corners immediately turned to the $97 billion adult film industry.

According to the BLS, the business sector it identified as "the motion picture and sound recording industry" lost 22,000 jobs in the month—enough to account for the shortfall and then some.