Fake snow conspiracy in Texas after winter storm
23 Feb, 2021 09:09 PM
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By: Phoebe Loomes
An unusual new conspiracy theory has spread online after Texas suffered through a severe winter storm.
Viral videos on TikTok showed some users apparently baffled by the properties of the snow that enveloped the state last week, alleging it s manufactured and it smells like plastic when heated.
One video shows a young Texan woman trying to melt a snowball with a small tea light candle on her back porch. The snowball she s holding becomes blackened by the candle flame but doesn t immediately melt. Snow should melt. I don t think this is snow. I think this is manufactured snow, the woman says. She goes on to hold a snowball over a hair dryer in another video.