- Dan Bell was one of many kids captivated when a snowstorm dropped tons of snow on his neighborhood unexpectedly on Veteran’s Day 1987
- The early-season snow was something Bell wanted to remember, so he saved some snow in his freezer
- The snow, saved in the freezer in a quarter-machine pod inside two cups, has a bit of ice still remaining to this day
A kid’s fun snow day idea has the Internet talking.
Dan Bell, a filmmaker and director, recently shared a true gem with his Instagram followers. In a cup living in the depths of his parents’ freezer was a snowball from a November 1987 storm that he’d held onto for all these years.
Bell tells PEOPLE he saved the snow from a memorable snowstorm on Veteran’s Day 1987 that caused quite a stir in the the Baltimore area.
“The idea came, first, from me being 10 years old. I just remember it wasn’t even winter yet. It was still fall and…