Shouts of "goo goo g'joob" would likely have been just as unwelcome to the walrus as the pops and booms of fireworks.
Snopes works hard to get to the bottom of every claim it investigates. These rumors took more time than most in 2025.
The story points to Austrian mechanic Erwin Perzy in 1900, but records show snow globes existed by at least 1878.