Residents of a small town in New York found a curious and eerie surprise when they noticed a number of giant polka dots in the snow over a frozen pond.
The dots were found by Peggy Gervase during a spring snowstorm last Friday. Peggy took photos of the odd pattern and uploaded it to the town’s Facebook page where it soon went viral and encouraged many explanations by the townspeople. People claimed it was everything from aliens to elephant footprints.
However, Peggy Gervase isn’t believing the alien theory anytime soon. She’s convinced there is a rational, scientific reason for the strange pattern on the pond.
While we love a good alien news story, we were saddened to learn that there is a good chance that there is a rational explanation for the pattern: decaying vegetation that exists at the bottom of the pond, is probably releasing gasses that travel up to the surface and create the polka dot pattern.
Nevertheless, we’re still secretly hoping that aliens are responsible!