16-foot-tall snowman dubbed 'Snowzilla'
 

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16-foot-tall snowman dubbed 'Snowzilla'

Associated Press
Dec. 20, 2005 07:10 AM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - With the help of his kids and neighbors, Billy Ray Powers built more than just a snowman - they've dubbed his 16-plus-foot-tall creation "Snowzilla."

After using up all the snow in the family's yard, they turned to neighbors' yards and carried buckets on sleds. They hand-packed the snowman like an ice-cream cone.

"It's solid ice," he said. "I put the arms in with my power drill."

It took a month to complete the project. It was too big to use buttons for its eyes, so Snowzilla gazes over the neighborhood from beer bottles.

Powers says the project took on a life of its own as it got bigger and bigger. Now Snowzilla is attracting plenty of sightseers.

"People stop by, and they're just flabbergasted," said neighbor Darrell Estes. "They walk up and knock on it to make sure it's real snow, not Styrofoam."

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Can't wait to see that grass this fall. That yard is going to get owned by snowzilla.

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They should invite everyone in town over on Christmas and have SNOW cones.

Re: 16-foot-tall snowman dubbed 'Snowzilla'
 

nice, I bet they'll make it bigger with the next snowfall :-D


"snowzilla tops 20 feet"

Re: 16-foot-tall snowman dubbed 'Snowzilla'
 

My god, that's one big snow dude.

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I'm going to make a 40ft snowman!! anyways, what is the biggest snowman ever made?

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Let's make a DSM out of snow this winter. Fully painted and detailed. :D That would be awesome, but super hard.

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http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...recordid=48789
16'.... owned

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a couple of friends and I made a snow-camino a couple years ago at NDSU.

it never got finished, but it had the overall shap and size. it was really hard after the 2nd or 3rd gigantic snowball.