Why 'Fake' Snow 'Doesn't Melt' - Because It's Real

After a snowstorm hit Atlanta, rumors circulated that it wasn't snow. Some said that it was fake snow, either deposited via chemtrails, or made up of psychoactive substances, or nanobots. Some viewers, especially those who have not encountered snow before, could possibly be forgiven for believing the idea had some merit.

A rash of videos showed people torching snow, only to see it not melt, leaving a black char mark on the exterior of the white stuff... as if it were synthetic, and not just made of frozen water. Fed up with these misleading videos and dumb theory, astronomer and science writer Phil Plait took a lighter to snow in Boulder, Colorado, and got a similar result.