Klaus van der Kroft |
Earlier today, when I was driving from home to work, I was stuck in a bit of traffic, about 10 blocks from where I'm currently sitting. The weekend had been raininy and windy, with snow falling in the mountains, but other than that a typical late-may weather (I live in Chile, so it's the start of the cold season down here). The sky was very cloudy, but there was no rain or snow.
Then, all of the sudden, a white ball of ice drops from the sky and splatters right in the middle of the street, about five cars further ahead. I couldn't tell how high it came from as I only saw the last 100-or-so metres of its drop, but it was clear no one had thrown it (there are no tall buildings in this area, and in fact I was between a hospital and a supermarket, both which, as far as I understand, lack ice-ball cannons).
The ball looked like it was at least twice as big as a soccer ball, and when I drove past it, it looked just like your average pile of snow.
So, any ideas on what could cause this sort of phenomenon? It's like the clouds were having connection issues and the snow came together at the end of the stream.
Conspiracy Buff |
Actually, that was not ice. It was, in fact the fecal matter of an actual roc, once a mythological creature, but now very much alive due to the efforts of a hidden cabal of geneticists operating from a hidden base high in the Andes mountains. The roc was genetically modified to withstand extreme cold, and as such, its excrement resembles ice.