Nate Phinney captured footage of over 1,000 dead juvenile snow geese frozen in a lake in eastern South Dakota. Here's what's going on.
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The Story Behind the Snow Goose Mass Die-Off Video
Nate Phinney filmed some 1,500 dead snow geese frozen into the surface of a lake in eastern South Dakota
By:
Katie Hill
Posted On February 20, 2024
3 Minute Read
The footage captured the attention of millions. Photograph by Sean Weaver / Instagram
When Nate Phinney packed up his ice fishing gear in Watertown, South Dakota and set out for a nearby lake on Feb. 9, he wasn’t expecting the scene he found when he arrived — some 1,000 to 1,500 dead snow geese piled up and frozen into the lake’s surface. The carnage that he filmed at the scene was jarring enough to amass millions of views on social media.
Phinney has been fishing and hunting in this area for years, and the sight of dead birds frozen into the water wasn’t exactly a new one, he tells
Outdoor Life.