It looks like this branch is growing a long white beard in this time-lapse video by Mathew Nichols.
But what's really happening was a mystery only solved in 2015.
You're looking at "hair ice", produced by a fungus called "Exidiopsis effusa."
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
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RUDE AUDIENCES ALWAYS EXPECTING PERFORMANCES
They never should have been kidnapped in the first place.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
They never should have been kidnapped in the first place.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
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youtu.be/JQ2DVwSVIIo?...
We're on our own out here folks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
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JoAnne Worley occasionally takes my next door neighbor grocery shopping.
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