Giant Snowballs Mysteriously Appear in Siberia

Siberia once again proves that the further north you go, the closer you get to a frigid bizarro world where nothing is as it seems and nature messes with minds to make them believe in giants preparing for ice ball battles. Residents of Nyda, a village just north of the Arctic Circle on the Gulf of Ob, have been waking up recently to ever-increasing numbers of giant snowballs and ice balls mysteriously appearing on the beach – perfectly shaped and neatly lined up for miles.

Who plays volleyball in Siberia? That’s a question for another day.

Who or what is making millions of perfect snowballs the size of volleyballs and larger (some measure up to one meter (3.3 feet) in diameter but there’s no sports ball to compare them to) on the Gulf of Ob, the only place in the world where this happens? Nyda resident Ekaterina Chernykh thinks the mysterious giant snowballs are “interesting” but many residents want to know if they should fear them or whatever made them – nature, climate change, gulf monsters, aliens, secret underwater military operations – what’s causing them?

Slob ice – sounds like a Russian version of a hastily-made sno-cone. Meteorologists says Siberia is experiencing record cold and snowfall already and it’s not even winter yet. This might be caused by a weaker winter polar vortex which may send this cold air and snow to North America and Western Europe.

Will the mysterious giant snowballs appear there too? Sorry to disappoint the proud residents of Nyda (who probably don’t have much else to celebrate), but the giant snowballs have previously appeared on other frozen shores.

They were seen on a Lake Michigan beach in 2013 and have been reported in Finland. If it’s any consolation to Nydanians, their giant snowballs seem pristine and perfectly-shaped when compared to photos of the somewhat brownish meatball-shaped ones in Michigan.

Source: Mysterious Universe