Woman Keeps Pet Snowball For 33 Years

By Miss Cellania in Everything Else on Jan 13, 2010 at 1:38 pm

Prena Thomas of Lakeland, Florida has an unusual “pet” she keeps in her freezer -a snowball! She made the snowball in 1977 and has kept it frozen safe in a bread bag ever since. Thomas occasionally takes it out to show to friends.

Thomas said that over the decades, she has never had a power outage that would destroy the cold hunk she says is precious to her.

“It’s just like a little pet,” she said.

Thomas made the snowball during a rare Florida snowfall 33 years ago. Link -via Fark

Tags: Florida, snow, snowball

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MadMolecule
Jan 13th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I remember that snowfall! I was about 5 or 6, living in Jacksonville, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
D Bozko
Jan 13th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
That’s cool.
ghost
Jan 13th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
how does she keep it from sublimating?
WQeir
Jan 13th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
When i keep pets in the freezer nobody wants me to take them out for show and tell.
Minnesotastan
Jan 13th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I also am surprised it hasn’t sublimated over this length of time (though she does admit that it’s smaller). She should wrap it with more airtight material than just a plastic bag.
Craig
Jan 13th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Someone needs to get her a bird or a cat. Or a therapist.
Frau
Jan 13th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Yeah. How about that sublimating thing?
I once put a huge snowball in a ziploc in a deep freezer.
A year later it was a crusty roundish shaped chunk of ice.
pyrit
Jan 13th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
MadMolecule! Me too! I remember my best friend’s big sister driving a bunch of us kids out to the beach. We wanted to see snow falling on the beach.
I’m happy enough with keeping the snow in my memory.

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