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Snowzilla is the giant snowman that was built annually in Anchorage, Alaska, until public officials deemed it a public nuisance and safety hazard.

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Alaska Pulls the Plug on Snowzilla

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From: www.momlogic.com

Municipal officials in Anchorage have pulled the plug on their famous giant snowman, known as Snowzilla. Snowzilla was first built in 2005 and rose 16 feet. The giant snow structure gained popularity with international photographers and camera crews. Every succeeding year the snowman was built higher, until locals complained about the large number of cars full of people that would come to see Snowzilla. City officials now deemed Snowzilla a public nuisance and safety hazard. Builders were ordered to stop a few weeks ago leaving Snowzilla as a pile of snowy rubble. Read more hot stories Moms Are Talking About. Read Full Story

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Anchorage Says Bye-Bye to Snowzilla

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From: akgal.wordpress.com

Snowzilla was quite an attraction in Anchorage with people waiting in line to get a picture with the colossus snowman. Unfortunately, Snowzilla is no longer with us and Anchorage must say bye-bye to our unofficial attraction. In 2005, Mr. Billy Powers did what many people like to do when the snow falls, he built a snowman. The large snowman did what many snowmen do when it warms up after a snowfall, he began to melt. Snowzilla in Anchorage Mr. Powers rebuilt his snowman which grew and grew and grew! The project soon became a family project and then the neighborhood began to help, too. ... Read Full Story

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Frosty The Snowman on Steroids

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From: www.paulshealthblog.com

Snowzilla Meet Snowzilla, 25 foot tall snowman in front lawn of Billy Powers. With the help of his seven kids, who collected snow from neighbors' yards, Powers has created this snowman on steroids for the last three years. "Have you seen him?" Powers asked when reached by telephone at his home, the sound of excited children in the background. "He's handsome." However, not everybody in the neighborhood liked all the cars and visitors who came to see Snowzilla . So Anchorage, Alaska city officials have issued a cease and desist order on the building of the icy beast. I would be absolutely thrilled out ... Read Full Story

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Snowzilla makes a comeback

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From: www.timesoftheinternet.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The giant snowman an Anchorage, Alaska, man has created annually since 2005, has reappeared despite a city ban but he says he doesn't know who made it. Billy Powers told the Anchorage Daily News the 25-foot Snowzilla, complete with hat and carrot nose, went up in defiance of a stop-work order. A small snowman was also built in the wee hours Tuesday in front of city hall. Snowzilla became a celebrity when the Powers family first built one three years ago. But city officials say that they have received complaints from neighbors about drunks making late-night visits and ... Read Full Story

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Protesting snowmen show up at city hall

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From: www.timesoftheinternet.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A group of protesting snowmen carrying signs like Snowpeople have rights made a brief appearance at city hall in Anchorage, Alaska, this week. The 3-foot-high snowmen appeared Christmas Day, the Anchorage Daily News reported. By Friday morning, they had been removed and their signs placed in the trash. The city has been going through a flap over Snowzilla, a supersized snowman created every winter since 2003 by Anchorage resident Billy Ray Powers. This year, the city enjoined Powers from building Snowzilla, but a 25-foot-high snowman appeared overnight on his property -- and he says it was the work ... Read Full Story

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