Weird Black Smoke Ring Blamed on Ocean Beach – But More Likely Originated From Snapdragon

Back before the rains, on January 20, a very weird dark smoke ring appeared up in the sky – and instantly Ocean Beach was blamed – you know, all those pot-heads …

But it’s more likely from pyrotechnics at Snapdragon Stadium.

On Instagram, the responses ranged from a stoned Zuni just back from a dispensary or jellyfish pissed off in losing their habitat.

One response:

Test pyro for event at Snapdragon

Another:

I work in the area, definitely from snapdragon. We heard a pop sound and then the ring appeared. Then a police helicopter came around and circled snapdragon once and then left.

Frank Gormlie
A former lawyer and current grassroots activist, I have been editing the Rag since Patty Jones and I launched it in Oct 2007. Way back during the Dinosaurs in 1970, I founded the original Ocean Beach People’s Rag - OB’s famous underground newspaper -, and then later during the early Eighties, published The Whole Damn Pie Shop, a progressive alternative to the Reader.

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