Ice balls, huh?

Does it really take a Canadian to debunk the supposedly paranormal appearance of ice balls in London? Or am I taking a good yarn at face value?

So some dude found a bunch of giant ice balls all over a park. And wonders... is it some kind of hail?

Maybe.

Where I grew up, it almost never snowed. When it did, the snow was so sticky, we would go outside and roll giant snowballs. They would start out fist sized, and grow and grow and grow and grow until they were too big for our little bodkins to push another foot. And then we would roll another one.

Looking at many of the photos, you can even see the trail left by obsessively ball-rolling kids.

But I like this explanation better... frolicsome Londoners rolling giant balls down Hampstead Heath. W00t!