A plate of peeled bananas appeared on a street corner in Beeston, Nottinghamshire every month for over a year, as of January 2025.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent news sources (UPI, CBC) and a local blog corroborate the same location, timing, and duration of the recurring event. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Beeston bananas (wikipedia)
- https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/06/mystery-peeled-bananas-Beeston-England/5751736189205/ (corroboration)
- https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/peeled-banana-mystery-1.7426462 (corroboration)
- https://windowthroughtime.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/the-curious-case-of-beestons-bananas/ (corroboration)