A foul smell has been plaguing the South Park neighborhood in South Seattle.

Residents sent in complaints to the Puget Sound Air Agency that there was a sulfurous, rotten egg stink in the area, KIRO Newsradio reporter Luke Duecy explained on “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio Monday.

“It was so strong that people were getting kind of nauseated, they were headachy. They didn’t feel well,” Duecy said.

The complaints were in the window of late September to early November. However, residents told Duecy the smell actually got worse in the summer when it was hot.

“A couple people told me, ‘It’s not so bad.’ Others said, ‘It is horrible, absolutely horrible.’ But obviously, it was enough,” Duecy said.

The Puget Sound Air Agency investigated and found out the smell was hydrogen sul

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