For the past three years, a giant snowman named Snowzilla has appeared in the front yard of a residential neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska. It has grown each year from a 16-foot-tall youngster in 2005 when it first appeared to an impressive 25 feet last year.

Billy Powers, the father of seven children, claims to know nothing about the mysterious creature in his yard, but reports say his children are the giant’s creators, collecting snow from neighbors’ yards to build the snowman.

In 2008, city officials called Snowzilla a public nuisance after a complaint from a neighbor because of increased traffic on the street from visitors.

Two of Powers’ sons reportedly recovered a football-size heart from the melting snow in the spring of 2007 and kept it in a freezer until last winter.

“It is the heart and the magic that has made our sculpted snowman so special and seem so alive,” writes Dakota Powers, Billy’s daughter, on the snowman’s Web site.

Snowzilla’s trouble with the law became news last year when his story appeared in newspapers across the country. Since then, Snowzilla has become larger than life with his own Facebook and MySpace pages.

To see photos of Snowzilla, visit the Web site at www.snowzilla.org.

TI made a snowman wall hanging in Snowzilla’s honor using a plain, wooden cutout by Darice that I found in a local craft store. Use these directions to paint and decorate the snowman.

Supplies you will need:

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