For almost two weeks, members at Chilcutt United Methodist Church in rural east Tennessee have fought the most odiferous fight.

It all started on Dec. 3, when member H.L. Lowe opened up the church doors to find incense so intense, "it looked like London fog in here."

Lowe, 60, and his pastor, the Rev. Erbin Baumgardner, 69, deduced that a skunk (or skunks) had tunneled below the church. "I'm afraid he became irritated somehow and sprayed the building," the pastor said.

On Monday morning, the "war of the noses" began. 



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