BUFFALO, NY - It's a mystery that has baffled some homeowners from Amherst all the way down to Lackawanna. Yellow icicles hanging from their homes.

Some believe passing planes are too blame, but the Erie County Health Department believes differently.

2 On Your Side cameras were there as Lackawanna Code Enforcement officers checked out Chris Giglio's property, and that of his neighbors.

The yellow icicles are similar to the ones that showed up last week in the Washington Highway-area in Amherst.

Giglio says this problem is coming from the skies above.

"I think it would come from a plane. It's the only thing that I can come up with that would discharge this much at one time to be able to cover this much area."

But the Erie County Health Department's Scott Zimmerman (DrPH, MPH) says it may be mother nature.

ALBANY, NY (readMedia) -- In an example of grassroots government, new state regulations clear the way for snowmobilers to use the Canalway Trail. The activity previously had been prohibited along the 280-mile trail that parallels most of the New York State Canal System in Upstate New York.

With the consent of local communities, snowmobile organizations now can receive permits to operate on the Canalway Trail under new regulations of the New York State Canal Corporation. Private snowmobile operators also can use trails that have been authorized by the Canal Corporation.

Snowmobile clubs must obtain a resolution of support from the municipality where the Canalway Trail is located before applying for a permit from the Canal Corporation. A municipality has the option to continue the prohibition along its stretch of the trail. The regulations apply to lands under the jurisdiction of the Canal Corporation.