It’s So Cold In Minnesota People Are Literally Freezing Their Pants Off

There’s something strange happening in Minneapolis, US, as pairs of abandoned pants are appearing all over town, frozen in the snow.

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Resident Tom Grotting claims to have started the trend to entertain his neighbor, Diane, who “just doesn’t like winter much”.

But Tom decided he shouldn’t just limit the creativity in his jeans to his own neighborhood.

“I put them right outside my office window and took pictures of people awkwardly squeezing in between the frozen pants as they tried to fill the parking meter.”

And now the part-arty, part-spooky trend is catching on, as people across the state freeze their pants and post them online with the #FrozenPants hashtag.

“All over northeast Minneapolis, people are freezing their pants,” laughs Tom, “There is no end in sight.”

Tom simply soaks the pants in water before hanging them outside, sculpting them as they freeze and finding a good spot to place the empty trousers.

And they do, hilariously, look like it’s so cold people have walked right out of their pants.

But not everyone is a fan of Tom’s state-wide prank: “My kids hate it,” he admits.

“My daughter’s in the [school] band and had a big rehearsal with the trumpet players. She texted me and said, ‘Dad, the trumpets saw the pants.'”

Embarrassed kids and low-level spookiness aside, we can’t help but laugh every time we see these lost-looking pairs of jeans standing in the snow.

Let’s just hope it doesn’t turn out like Dr. Seuss’ book about the trousers with nobody in them…

… Because then it’ll be pant-demonium.