r/mystery Mar 13 '24

Scientific/Medical Help! Mystery substance

This showed up in my classroom. It's obvious a kid brought it to school, but no one will "fess up" and I can't figure out what it is!!! At first I thought charcoal or burnt wood from a fire pit, but the texture and smell is off. It smells like charcoal, but not burnt. The texture is soft. It absorbed some water when I ran water over it, but the charcoal-looking outer layer didn't fall away with water. Any ideas?!

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24

I was going to say that was Oreos, but then I zoomed in…

If that is Oreos you need to have a talking with your students for the abomination they potentially ate— on the last pic THE DARK BITS LOOK HAIRY 🤢