Snowmen

Okay, watch the door.

Oareful.

Whoa! Oof!

Are you okay?

Where are you from?

My name's Billy.

Billy Kirkfield.

No way. That's ice.

You can't throw ice!

That's illegal!

I can citizen's arrest you now.

Stop it,

or I'll face wash your head off!

Rrrr! Whoa!

I was ten years old

when Howard Garvey

moved in across the street.

It was the first time

he'd ever seen real snow.

It was the first time

I'd ever met a real Jamaican.

Oh, you got... You got snot.

No!

No! Get off!

Huh?

Hey, you! Howard!

I'm through.

Oome on in here.

Help me dig it out.

Oome on. It's just snow.

Oan't kill ya.

Billy, quick, get out!

You can't play here.

It's too dangerous.

What's the danger, mon?

You're not Billy.

Lucas, it's okay.

He's with me.

Billy, no.

Kids get killed playing

on the boulevard.

Oome on.

Look how much snow the plows left.

Oome on in, guys.

Lucas Lamb

was the biggest wimp in school.

Well, that's what

we all thought, anyway.

But he was the only friend I had left

until Howard showed up.

I used to have tons of friends

back before I started

getting sick all the time.

But things were about to get better.

The three of us were gonna have

the most amazing winter ever.

It would be known as

"The Year of the Snowman,"

the year we set a world record,

the year that I died.

It's true.

I died when I was just ten years old.

Don't worry.

It doesn't bother me.

It's actually a pretty good story.

Man, this is so cool!

This is like

the biggest snow fort ever!

It's, like, world record big!

Yeah, mon. I mean,

I just can't believe me first day,

and I'm already making an igloo.

It's so profound, right?

Well, actually, it's not an igloo.

It's a quinzhee.

Igloos are made out of ice blocks,

and quinzees are piles of snow

that you just hollow out.

- But it's a profound quinzhee, right?

- Yeah.

Why you keep saying that?

- Profound?

- Yeah.

It means it's, like, so super important,

it's like, "Whoa. "

All of the kids are saying it.

No, Lucas.

Only you're saying it.

He's trying to come up

with the next cool word at school.

Whoa, look what I found.

I think it's a boot.

Someone got their boot stuck.

Oome on. Help me get...

What's that sound?

I'm gonna go look.

Snow plow!

Get out, get out, get out! Go!

Move it! Follow me! This way!

Billy, this way!

Hurry! Oome on!

Ow!

Oh!

Hey, Billy, is that the boot?

What is that?

People are referring to him

simply as The Snowman.

No word yet on his true identity

or how he ended up

in front of these Silver Lake homes.

Fiona, do we have any idea how long

the body may have been there?

One paramedic we spoke to suggested

the body may have been

unknowingly picked up by city plows.

Well, because

it's a media frenzy out there.

I mean, you know,

just this one time,

just come in the back way, okay?

All right. All right.

I love you. Bye.

I'm sorry.

- Thanks a million.

- There you go.

We should be helping you,

you know.

Howard, come help the woman.

Oh, no, no, no, please.

I need to stay busy.

This is better. Thank you.

...any missing persons,

it suggests that this...

Dad's home.

It appears this is the home

of Reggie Kirkfield,

known well to locals

for his Orazy Kirk car commercials.

Reggie, Reggie, is this your home?

Are you aware...

I know people

are dying for a good deal,

but what

the h-e-double-hockey-sticks?

Oome to the dealership,

not my home.

This is, uh...

You know, seriously,

this is a tragic event,

and, um, I just want

to get inside to my family.

But was it your son

who found the body?

You know,

I'll give you a statement tomorrow.

You stop by the dealership, okay?

It's Kirkfield Motors at the corner

of Quarry and Old Miners Road.

I'll give you a statement

there tomorrow.

- All right.

- Okay, thanks.

Thank you.

There you have it. It, um...

seems to be confirmed,

son of Reggie Kirkfield.

Hey, Billy?

- No, he's okay. He's okay.

Hey, Billy, you okay?

Oome here.

I am totally fine.

It's all right.

It's not even that big of a deal.

I'm fine.

Oh, I'm so glad you're home.

- Orazy Kirk here!

- Hey!

Now you're on a commercial.

I'm feeling trapped

by all these overstocked cars!

And catch a fresh deal

like this Kirkfield special

for under 16,000!

And I'm Orazy Kirk!

Whoa!

That's kind of a coincidence

that that would be on right now.

When I heard about the body,

I called in a favor to the station.

What if somebody finds out?

There's no such thing

as bad publicity

as long

as they remember the name.

I'm pretty sure we haven't met.

- I'm Reggie.

- Leonard.

- Leonard Garvey.

- How you doing?

- Good, good.

- And I bet that's your son.

- Howard.

- Hi, how are you?

They just moved in here today

from Jamaica.

Really, today?

Well, this weather has got

to be a real shocker for you, huh?

Oh, yeah. And the dead man

in the front yard.

Oh, well, yeah.

Uh, is your wife here?

Oh, no. She's on her way.

Um, she's riding the bus.

No, no, no, no, no.

You can't bus in this weather.

- I'll get that.

- Let me help you get a car, all right?

A special discount

for my Jamaican friend.

Hey, look.

You can see the house.

We're on TV, look!

No official statement

from the family,

but we have been told that the boys

who found the body

are struggling with what must

have been a very traumatic experience.

I bet we'll be like celebrities now.

Just stick with us, Howard.

We'll tell you

who's good to hang out with.

Profound!

I bet we're gonna

be more famous than my dad.

Hey, you guys

hear what happened?

We found a dead guy

in my front yard!

It got on the news and everything!

And we almost got killed

digging the guy out.

Yeah. That's neat, Billy.

Wait! You didn't even hear

the coolest part yet!

Make sure you tell everybody!

That was weird, mon.

Yeah.

Let's go find the kids that matter.

Whoa, what is that, mon?

It's called Kill Hill.

That's all the snow from the parking lot

for the whole year.

Whoever rules that hill

rules the school.

That's Jason Bound.

Don't look at him.

He's the biggest kid in school

only 'cause he failed three grades.

Don't go on that hill ever.

They play super rough.

- Hey, Billy.

- Um...

Hi, Gwen.

Um, I heard you were one of the boys

who found that Snowman guy.

Yeah, yeah, we did.

Me and Lucas and Howard.

- He's from Jamaica.

- Hello there.

I'm going now.

Okay, bye.

You guys okay?

I mean,

it must have been scary, right?

Well, no. Actually,

I don't really get scared.

I just heard they found

a boot sticking up.

Well, then, you heard wrong,

'cause I was this close

to the dead guy's face.

Really?

Then what did he look like?

We couldn't see that much,

'cause of all the ice and stuff.

Yeah, at first.

But then the ice melted off,

and we could see his face.

It was so disgusting.

His skin was all blue,

and his hair was like icicles

sticking up in every direction.

And then,

something so scary happened.

He opened his eyes...

- Hmm?

... and he stared right at me.

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