**NEWS SNIPPET**

NEWS SNIPPET

Mountain Dew White Out Temporarily Freezes Vending Machines, Sparking Global ‘Glitch’ Frenzy

PITTSBURGH, PA — In what the internet is already calling “The Great White Out Anomaly,” a single, isolated vending machine in a suburban Pittsburgh 7-Eleven has reportedly begun dispensing Mountain Dew White Out—a flavor officially discontinued by PepsiCo in 2022—at room temperature, despite the machine’s cooling system working perfectly.

But here’s where the code breaks: Every bottle scanned out of the machine has a best-by date of March 8, 2023. When opened, the liquid has been described by witnesses as “visibly colder than the can,” and—according to a late-night Reddit post from user u/Static_Rain—“tastes exactly like what you remember, but also like a memory you never had.”

The machine malfunctioned at 3:33 AM local time on Tuesday. Security footage shows the machine’s internal thermometer reading a steady -5°F. The air outside the machine was 74°F.

PepsiCo has declined to comment. The machine’s manufacturer has no record of the serial number. The 7-Eleven manager insists the machine was empty and disconnected from power at 2:00 AM.

Locals are calling it a “residual echo.” Technicians are calling it impossible. The internet is calling it the first confirmed “glitch in the matrix” of consumer beverage reality.

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