A Minnesota farmer turned the snow that was ruining his greenhouses this winter into a spectacular 50-foot snowman that is now attracting national media attention and visitors from miles around.
Greg Novak knew he had to clean up the nuisance snow, but he also thought it would be a great way to perk up his Gilman community deep in the winter doldrums.
Hundreds of hours and about five weeks later, people began flocking to Novak's farm as news of his impressive creation filled up newsfeeds, inboxes and social media across the web.
As long as you're moving it, might as well do something practical with it,' Novak remembers thinking.
Though anyone could debate the usefulness of a 50-foot snowman, the longtime farmer at least took to building the sculpture in a practical way.
Friends and family pitched in to help with Granddaddy, or to do farm chores while Novak worked on building the snowman using a skid loaders to pile snow and a silage blower to direct snow into stacked cylinders, the St. Cloud Times reported.
After the arduous but enjoyable labor of love, Granddaddy clocked in at an impressive 50 feet and people immediately took notice.
Gerald and Diane Harbarth were among the amused onlookers this past Sunday.
They drove more than 70 miles from Brownton to get a look at the mammoth snowman.
'This is unreal,' Gerald Harbarth told the Saint Cloud Times.
The Harbarths learned about Granddaddy on a television news report, but craning their necks to see it in person was something else entirely.
Novak took a break from the Minnesota snow with a vacation to Las Vegas, where he said he's even been contacted by the BBC and the Discovery Channel.
Novak told the St. Cloud Times that he's looking forward to flipping through the guestbook when he returns home to see how far people have come to gawk at Granddaddy.
For Novak, that was the whole point of creating Granddaddy.
'It puts a smile on people's faces,' Novak said. 'When people smile, you know you've done a good thing.'
Greg Novak knew he had to clean up the nuisance snow, but he also thought it would be a great way to perk up his Gilman community deep in the winter doldrums.
Hundreds of hours and about five weeks later, people began flocking to Novak's farm as news of his impressive creation filled up newsfeeds, inboxes and social media across the web.
As long as you're moving it, might as well do something practical with it,' Novak remembers thinking.
Though anyone could debate the usefulness of a 50-foot snowman, the longtime farmer at least took to building the sculpture in a practical way.
Friends and family pitched in to help with Granddaddy, or to do farm chores while Novak worked on building the snowman using a skid loaders to pile snow and a silage blower to direct snow into stacked cylinders, the St. Cloud Times reported.
After the arduous but enjoyable labor of love, Granddaddy clocked in at an impressive 50 feet and people immediately took notice.
Gerald and Diane Harbarth were among the amused onlookers this past Sunday.
They drove more than 70 miles from Brownton to get a look at the mammoth snowman.
'This is unreal,' Gerald Harbarth told the Saint Cloud Times.
The Harbarths learned about Granddaddy on a television news report, but craning their necks to see it in person was something else entirely.
Novak took a break from the Minnesota snow with a vacation to Las Vegas, where he said he's even been contacted by the BBC and the Discovery Channel.
Novak told the St. Cloud Times that he's looking forward to flipping through the guestbook when he returns home to see how far people have come to gawk at Granddaddy.
For Novak, that was the whole point of creating Granddaddy.
'It puts a smile on people's faces,' Novak said. 'When people smile, you know you've done a good thing.'
Source : Reuters , DailyMail
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