Despairing Texans are posting TikTok videos stating that last week’s deadly snowstorm, which plunged the state into chaos, is a “simulation” created by the government or corporate interests. The freak weather conditions have left millions without power and drinking water — and now people are turning to conspiracy theories for answers.

“That’s obviously government-created snow that was made by Joe Biden and the Democrats,” wrote one poster. 

Texas isn’t the only place to be hit with a flurry of snow conspiracies, though. The trend began earlier this month in the UK, when some cities were blanketed with unusual hail-like snowflakes. They set anti-science conspiracy theorists off on wild TikTok rants. “This ain’t real snow. I don’t know what lab cooked this up but it ain’t fooling no one. Just look at it,” said one user named @jasmine.ac2 in a video that attracted 1.3 million views. 

The theories then migrated across the Atlantic. “I’ve lived in Texas for 18 years and never seen snow like this,” says a user named Emily Rosielier. “Like how do they make fake snow look so real?”