Bananas reportedly washed up by the thousands on two Dutch North Sea islands Wednesday, as caused by six containers that fell from a cargo ship caught in a storm.

The bananas were said to have come in ten crates, from the ship Duncan Island.

Scattered all over a half-mile stretch of the Terschelling island, the still-unripe bananas seemed to have come from Cuba, said lighthouse shipping official Gossen Buren.

A spokesman for Terschelling island was quoted by Expatica News, saying "Some of the containers were empty, others were full of bananas."

The spokesperson continued to say that the crates must have burst open, spilling the bananas by the thousands.

"Your ordinary Terschelling resident will probably have a look, but it is not clear if the bananas are edible," he said.

True enough, the Associated Press reported, residents of the island soon turned up, curious about the beached bananas.

The article added that the beaching of random items from the sea is not an unfamiliar event for the people of the island, as they have had incidents such as the beaching of thousands of tennis shoes, briefcases, and toys. An event of sweater beachings was also recalled 2 decades back.

Buren recalled that, while the number of turn-outs for the bananas was significant, it was not to be compared to the crowd during the sneaker beachings.

Talks are being held between the municipality officials and the ship's insurance company, as well as the department of public works and water management regarding what is to be done with the bananas.