Couple Finds 60-Year-Old McDonald’s Fries 'Still Perfectly Crispy' Hidden Behind Bathroom Wall

A northern Illinois couple’s decision to renovate their home led them to discover a mysterious oddity hidden behind a bathroom wall for more than half a century.

Rob and Grace Jones were having the kitchen and a bathroom of their Crystal Lake home renovated when they discovered an uneaten bag of fries simply sitting behind the toilet paper holder in a 4-by-6-inch section of the wall.

They first spotted a towel inside the wall and were worried whether something more sinister was wrapped inside.

"We were expecting the worst. We were both like, 'Oh, my gosh, we're going to be unveiling a cold case here,'" Grace, 31, told NBC News Wednesday. "I was shielding my kids in case there was any dried blood.”

When they unwrapped the towel, they found two hamburger wrappers and a bag of fries, “still perfectly crispy,” inside.

"Not a cold case, just some cold fries. They were very well preserved,” said the mother-of-two.

The couple shared an image of the well-preserved fries on Reddit under the username slamminsammy2109.

“Our house was built in 1959 and pretty sure these have been there since. Still perfectly crispy,” they wrote in the comments.

The Crystal Lake Historical Society records show that an early McDonald’s joint opened in 1959, the same year the ranch-style house was built about half a mile away, the Chamber of Commerce reportedly said.

Speedee — the fast-food joint’s mascot that preceded Ronald McDonald — was seen smiling away on the crumpled wrappers that the Jones couple found behind the bathroom wall.

"It's been unreal. We didn't expect this to take off the way it has. We just thought it was it a cool find," Jones added. "It's been awesome, it's been so fun, it's been neat, learning about the history of our neighborhood."

Jones, an early childhood special education teacher, said the family did not try eating the decades-old fries. For now, the fries are sitting in a Tupperware kept well away from the reach of their children, aged 2 and 5. The couple also kept the wrappers in a folder.

“Contrary to popular belief, the fries do not smell at all,” Rob told McClatchy News, according to the Kansas City Star. “Had we not been renovating they probably would’ve sat there another 60 years!”