A Wisconsin-based woman claimed that the state is snowing plastic, explaining that the snow doesn't melt when exposed to heat, instead, it turns black and gives off a smell of burnt plastic.
Over 1.9 million people have viewed the viral video posted by @holistic.happy.healthy, which features an experiment where a couple from Wisconsin attempted to melt a snowball, but it turned black instead.
“The whole nation should be on this. The whole nation should be collecting evidence.” the caption reads, “This is very serious.”
The OP noticed that the snow on her dog's back looked like little pellets, which led to her husband recalling a video he had watched where snow didn’t melt when burned; instead, it turned black.
So she decided to film an experiment where he formed a snowball out of fresh snow they had never touched before. “You can actually already see on my husband’s hands how it looks weird,” she noted, “like the texture is weird.”
They then brought the snowball inside the house and burnt it with a lighter. To the wife’s shock, the snow didn't melt, and there were no droplets. Instead, it turned black, just as the husband had predicted.
“If it isn’t snow, what is it?” she asked, adding that the burnt snowball smelled “like straight burnt plastic.”
“Yikes guys, yikes,” she ends the video by saying.
@holistic.happy.healthy I can’t say I’m surprised that it’s snowing plastic in Wisconsin. Did anyone really think the chemicals were contained? The whole nation should be on this. The whole nation should be collecting evidence. This is very serious. #ohio #ohiotrain #ohiotraincrash #chemicals #toxicair #toxins #wisconsin #yikes #NextLevelDish #fyp #fypシ #snow #snowfall #notgood #snowingplastic ♬ original sound - Aariela🧘🏽♀️🥑☀️🪷
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The filmed experiment sparked a variety of opinions from viewers.
Many viewers took to the comments section of the video to provide scientific explanations that countered the woman's claim that it was snowing plastic. As one commenter explained, “the black color is actually coming from the lighter, that emits soot which accumulates on the snow's surface, creating a dark film.”
A second agreed, “It’s the soot from your lighter. And air insulation from water molecules help snow stick together. like a igloo.”
A third added, “materials scientist here 👋 Air insulates snow from fire. Heat from a lighter flame doesn’t affect snowballs much.”
Other viewers provided reassurance to the woman, pointing out that what happened to the snow was not unusual. One wrote, “I live in Canada. This is just how snow works when you put a lighter to it for the last 25 years. NORMAL 🤣.”
A resident of Eastern Michigan was doubtful of the woman's claim and decided to test it out for themselves. They wrote, “omg it smells like burning plastic!!!!”
However, there were also people from Wisconsin who disputed her claim, with one stating, “I am in Wisconsin and got a handful of snow. it melted and didn't burn like plastic.”
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In response to requests from viewers, the woman decided to conduct a second experiment to test the snow by heating it on a pan.
“You guys think I don’t know that snow is supposed to melt or that it will melt?” She angrily asked viewers, “You don’t think I know that eventually when the sun comes out that it’s gonna seep into the ground?”
Her primary concern was not whether the snow would melt, but what contaminants might seep into the ground with the water as it melts.
The woman melted the snow by heating up a pan on it, then used the lighter on the melted snow to determine whether anything flammable was in the water. Based on her observations, she concluded that the it didn’t contain anything that would burn.
However, she did observe some particles and other materials in the water. “You see there’s a lot of particles and sh...t,” she remarked.
Despite the fact that the snow turning black when heated with a lighter may not be a cause for alarm, she remains concerned about the implications of snow that emits a burnt plastic smell.
“Gasoline does not smell like plastic, butane does not smell like plastic,” she explains, “make it make sense.”
@holistic.happy.healthy Replying to @mandiek89 TikTok is so fun for learning. Just like school, its also full of bullies. Shout out to the nice humans. 😅♥️ #debunked #snow #plasticsnow ♬ original sound - Aariela🧘🏽♀️🥑☀️🪷
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