water + blue dye = mystery bottles


What with all of the concern about pig flu, we’re glad to bring you news of something that’s not an imminent danger to your health and safety — namely, those mysterious bottles of blue liquid that were found across Colonie and Schenectady earlier this month.

The bottles found here at the Times Union, which triggered a prodigious hazardous materials mobilization, consisted of about 90 percent water plus blue dye, said Detective Lt. John Van Alstyne.

Investigators are still welcoming any tips: 783-2754.

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Jordan Carleo-Evangelist

One Response

  1. scrambled eggs says:

    This saga sounded like some kind of performance art to me right from the get go. Shades of NYC!

    Now we hear that the police are still looking for tips? Why? Are bottles of water with food dye illegal? No? Then drop it and move on to more substantive matters. There was never any need to start a “prodigious hazardous materials mobilization” in the first place. What exactly does that mean anyway — that someone picked up the blue bottle and dropped it off at the lab?

    Quit making a mountain out of a molehill.