Yes, this is dogshit in a paper towel on the sidewalk. If I may… What happened here? Did, as @suddenlyjen suggests, someone simply forget the final crucial step of putting it in the trash? That seems implausible. I think they would’ve just left the dogshit alone, right? Why get it into the paper towel in the first place. I dunno. Did something drag it out of the trash? If so, I doubt it was a dog. The trashcans are too tall for that. And if it was a dog, wouldn’t they have eaten the dogshit? Otherwise, why go to all the trouble of jumping into a trashcan to retrieve it. Anyway, my hypothesis is that a bum dug it out of the trash, thinking it might be something to eat. He/she walked on, unwrapping the “food,” only to discover that it wasn’t food. It was dogshit. And dropping it. Anyone got a better idea?