Snowzilla Rises Again!

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Anchorage's famous giant snow man, Snowzilla, finally met its match.

It wasn't the weather. It wasn't angry neighbors bearing shovels and pick axes.

It turns out Snowzilla's biggest foe -- the one who felled the controversial but much-loved giant -- was a notice-bearing city code enforcement officer.

That's right, Snowzilla was abated.

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Snowzilla is no more.

Municipal officials in Anchorage have given a cease-and-desist order to builders of the giant snowman that made appearances the last three years in an east Anchorage neighborhood.

The giant snowman was a favorite for photographers and camera crews from Russia and Japan filmed the temporary sculpture.

Snowzilla in 2005 rose 16 feet. He had a corncob pipe and a carrot nose and two eyes made out of beer bottles.

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Snowzilla the giant snowman rose from the dead Tuesday morning after some holiday pranksters thumbed their noses at city orders and rebuilt him overnight....

Who built it? Magic, said Powers. Christmas magic. And that's what he'll tell city enforcers if they pay a visit, he said.

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[Catty1]

I didn't click the link - but heck, what is wrong with having a giant Snowzilla?

Methinks some town officials have no sense of ha ha.

Rise again, Snowzilla!

[jennielynn1970]

Leave it to a city worker to put the skids to something fun. They're as bad as the Parking Authority (Parking Nazis).

[Laura's Babies]

Where's that TV show "How'd They Do That?" when you need them? How did they get those pieces together, that had to weigh a TON!!!

I think it is cool and how nice that they thumbed their noses at the ones who banned it!

[Daisy and Delilah]

That's awesome. I can imagine the work that went into it.

I would think everyone would love something like that to look at and talk about. Long Live Snowzilla!!!!!

[Twisterdog]

My goodness ... I would imagine that somewhere in that city, there is something FAR more important for the powers-that-be to worry about than a snowman.

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The code compliance officer that axed Snowzilla is named Jack Frost.

[IRescue452]

Hint: You plow the snow into a big hill and carve the snowman out of it. We have a house sized hill right next to our house begging to be carved.

Apparently they are worried about the traffic it attracts. To me, the people who should get in trouble are the ones who get in accidents while looking at something. They're the ones driving the car, not the snowman.

[joycenalex]

The code compliance officer that axed Snowzilla is named Jack Frost.

*SNORT*...cleans coffee off key board.....

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Me in front of snowzilla. I got two more on my phone Ill post tommorrow.

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The protest at city hall.

[joycenalex]

a snowman this size they got excited about?....ohhhh kayyyyy
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[shepgirl]

What a rotten sense of humor town hall has. I think it's wonderful to have something cheery like that - love the picketters...glad someone rebuilt it. Common sense would dictate that you'll be watching the road if you're driving, I don't see it any different than admiring houses and yards all decorated .