A rare phenomenon on a Lake Michigan beach caught the eye of a Michigan state park supervisor Friday morning, who snapped cellphone photos and posted them to the Holland State Park's Facebook page.
"We went down to the beach to check on things and we saw these large ice balls," said Sean Mulligan, a Department of Natural Resources supervisor at the park, which is about 5 miles from downtown Holland. "I had heard of them before, but I hadn't ever seen them."
Thousands of the balls, he estimated, rolled up onto the lakeshore.
Some were the size of baseballs and softballs; others were the size of bowling balls and dodge balls, and the biggest ones, just a few, looked to be the size of yoga balls, the kind some people useto work out with and do Pilates.
Comments on the Facebook post marveled at the ice balls and gave shout-outs to the park, "I love Holland State Park!!!" Another commenter noted, "This made my day!" and one wondered just how the icy spheres were formed.
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