Oh-ho, they say he's got to go, snow-snow-SNOWZILLA!!!

[Volpone]

So. A couple years ago some guy up in Bumfuck, Alaska built a big-ass snowman in his front yard. The next year he built a bigger one. And the year after that. Eventually it got to be a major tourist draw. The reaction of the Town Fathers? Fine the piss out of him and tell him never to do it again. [sounds a bit like the owners of some BBSs out there, but I digress]

So this year--whaddyaknow? The sumbitch shows up in the yard overnight! And a good yard taller than last year's one. hpup:

Alaska's 'Snowzilla' Rises Again, Mysteriously
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A giant snowman named Snowzilla has mysteriously appeared again this year — despite the city's cease-and-desist order.

Someone again built the giant snowman in Billy Powers' front yard in an east Anchorage neighborhood. Snowzilla reappeared before dawn Tuesday.

Powers is not taking credit. When questioned Tuesday afternoon, he insisted Snowzilla just somehow happened, again.

For the last three years, Snowzilla — to the delight of some and the chagrin of others — has been a very large feature in Powers' yard. In 2005, Snowzilla rose 16 feet. He had a corncob pipe and a carrot nose and two eyes made out of beer bottles.

This year, Snowzilla is estimated to be 25 feet tall. He's wearing a black stovepipe hat and scarf.

"Have you seen him?" Powers asked when reached by telephone at his home, the sound of excited children in the background. "He's handsome."

Snowzilla has consistently risen outside Powers' modest home. His children — he is the father of seven — collected snow from neighbors' yards to make the snowman big enough. Each year, Snowzilla got a bit bigger.

Not everybody in the neighborhood liked all the cars and visitors who came to see him.

City officials this year deemed Snowzilla a public nuisance and safety hazard. A cease-and-desist order was issued. The city tacked a public notice on Powers' door. ...

Just to get an idea what we're talking about, here's a AP story on the 2006 Snowzilla that has a photo: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16498949/

So let's hear it for backwards, crooked, small town governments that shit on anyone trying to do anything cool or fun.

 

[Conchaga]