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'''Snowzilla''' is a giant [[snowman]] which has been erected each pre-Christmas season since 2005 in the front yard of private resident |
'''Snowzilla''' is a giant [[snowman]] which has been erected each pre-Christmas season since 2005 in the front yard of private resident Billy Powers' home in [[Anchorage, Alaska]], USA. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 17:09, 8 February 2010
Snowzilla is a giant snowman which has been erected each pre-Christmas season since 2005 in the front yard of private resident Billy Powers' home in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
History
The first Snowzilla was built in 2005. It rose to 16 feet (4.9 m), and featured a corncob pipe, a carrot nose, and two eyes made out of beer bottles. In 2008 the accumulated snow rose to an estimated 25 feet (7.6 m) height.[1]
Controversy
One neighbor in the block complained of heavy traffic and cited safety concerns about a very large snowman on the front lawn of a residential neighborhood, as a result of which the City Council issued a cease and desist order in December 2008, preventing Snowzilla from being completed (it was about 50% completed when the order was issued and the accumulated snow removed). However, a few days later it "mysteriously" re-appeared on Powers' lawn, although he denies making it.[2]
A strong public outcry soon arose over the apparent municipal interference with an inoffensive holiday tradition, and a website ("Snowzilla.org") appeared on 23 December 2008. In 2009 a writer on that website stated that a new mayor was sitting in City Hall, and as a result the family expected to be able to erect the giant snowman without interference.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/104/story/434020.html Article in 24 December 2008 issue of US newspaper Charlotte Observer
- ^ http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2008/12/24/giant_snowman_rises_again_in_alaska____mysteriously/ Article in 24 December 2008 issue of US newspaper Boston Globe
- ^ http://www.snowzilla.org/snowzilla-is-coming-back-2009 Snowzilla is Coming Back, 2009