The carrion, being transported by Hawaii Pacific University for research, littered the intersection at Haiku Road for more than two hours, creating a noxious nuisance to neighbours.
"It was so stink, the smell", said Victoria Plokstyte. "We thought it was trash or something."
Researchers and federal officials removed the carcass from a Kahuku shoreline ledge after 2 1/2 weeks. The removal came to the relief of residents, beachgoers and federal wildlife officials.
But en route to HPU, the slimy bones fell off the back of the truck and blocked traffic in the southbound lanes of Kahekili Highway.
Police were on hand for nearly an hour to direct traffic while contractors and students worked to reload the bones, some weighing up to 400 pounds. The largest piece had to be cut with chain saws in order to be moved.
A police officer at the scene likened the stench to a dead human body.
Even after the bones were hauled away at about 3:30 p.m. - and firefighters cleaned up the oily residue, spreading dry absorbent material - the odour lingered.
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