In what’s either humorous commentary on the extreme northern cold or anguished cry for help after that Vikings loss a couple weeks ago, some people in Minnesota are sticking frozen clothes out in their yards. It’s art either way.

If you look at the pictures, there’s actually kind of a surreal horror movie vibe to it — they might actually be onto something here. It all started with Tom Grotting, 61, who first put up his frozen pants display before getting the rest of neighborhood to join in through the local Facebook group and Instagram. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Grotting’s method isn’t too surprising — he soaks the pants in water, then adjusts them as they freeze so they’ll stand up. Then he just leaves them outside, where they assuredly won’t be thawing out anytime soon.

A photo posted by Tom Grotting (@tomgrotting) on Jan 16, 2016 at 6:37am PST

The neighborhood has indeed taken Grotting’s lead, with more frozen pants showing up on Instagram. Some even went a little further and started making entire frozen outfit sculptures, which basically means this is going to become the next great art medium by the time winter is over. The best ones are the frozen clothes that have been molded to look like their wearers disappeared mid-stride — seriously, someone get Stephen King on this, ASAP.

Oh, and as it turns out, this isn’t so much a complaint about the cold or a cry for help for long-suffering football fans — sounds like they’re doing it just for the sake of the visual “freezing your pants off” pun. Can’t think of a better reason.

Via Some eCards