Hudson Freeze

So every day I would go in there and I'd look to see if there was anything that looked like it might be growing.

So every day I would go in there and I'd look to see if there was anything that looked like it might be growing.

And the darn things could run dry.

And the darn things could run dry.

And the darn things could run dry.

Running up the electric bill of the microbiology department.

Running up the electric bill of the microbiology department.

Running up the electric bill of the microbiology department.

Always looking for a change in the soup. If bacteria were growing, it would be cloudy. It might even start to smell a little bit.

Always looking for a change in the soup. If bacteria were growing, it would be cloudy. It might even start to smell a little bit.

Always looking for a change in the soup. If bacteria were growing, it would be cloudy. It might even start to smell a little bit.

I couldn't find anything. And then on the fourth, maybe fifth day, September 19th, 1966. He picks up one of the vials. I just tapped it with my finger, and there was all this swirly stuff that came up. I mean, it looked like diamonds kind of running around. It was like all around inside the tube. And I thought, oh, my God, maybe this is it.

I couldn't find anything. And then on the fourth, maybe fifth day, September 19th, 1966. He picks up one of the vials. I just tapped it with my finger, and there was all this swirly stuff that came up. I mean, it looked like diamonds kind of running around. It was like all around inside the tube. And I thought, oh, my God, maybe this is it.

I couldn't find anything. And then on the fourth, maybe fifth day, September 19th, 1966. He picks up one of the vials. I just tapped it with my finger, and there was all this swirly stuff that came up. I mean, it looked like diamonds kind of running around. It was like all around inside the tube. And I thought, oh, my God, maybe this is it.

At almost boiling water.

At almost boiling water.

At almost boiling water.

And I said, I said, oh my God, I am the first person in the world ever to see this. The next day, I'm telling everybody in the lab what I'm telling Tom Brock. And one of the guys in the lab says, well, I think we ought to call it Hedsonii freesiensis.

And I said, I said, oh my God, I am the first person in the world ever to see this. The next day, I'm telling everybody in the lab what I'm telling Tom Brock. And one of the guys in the lab says, well, I think we ought to call it Hedsonii freesiensis.

And I said, I said, oh my God, I am the first person in the world ever to see this. The next day, I'm telling everybody in the lab what I'm telling Tom Brock. And one of the guys in the lab says, well, I think we ought to call it Hedsonii freesiensis.