No one seems to know what that noxious smell is or exactly where it came from, but the 25-man hurricane of funk seemed to pick up strength as it tore through Atlanta on Wednesday, injuring at least 31 transplant Phillies fans.

“I got a whiff of something as I drove to the stadium,” said Keith Marks, an Atlanta-based Phillies fan. “This wasn’t that typical Hot-lanta stink, this was much, much worse. And it only got stronger the closer we got to the park.”

Team officials first started to notice a strong odor emitting from select players in mid-June, but passed it off as common flatulence and didn’t want to say anything.

“Some games we would roll along and not smell a thing,” recalls J.A. Happ. “Then out of nowhere, your nose hairs are singed off and you’re passed out on the dugout floor. It’s the damndest thing.”

Parliament’s George Clinton was in attendance at Wednesday’s game and while he could offer no solution to quell the funk, he did mention that he was “thoroughly impressed.”

Experts are predicting the massive system will head back toward the Philadelphia area on Friday, though it’s entirely possible that it could dissipate due to a much larger system of funk traveling south from New York.