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Sunday, December 12, 2010

31 foot snowman in Poland


Let's hope THIS Frosty doesn't come to life! 'Bored' Poles build 31ft behemoth with a traffic cone for a nose

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 4:50 AM on 12th December 2010
It's Frosty, super-sized. 
This 31-foot behemoth - dubbed 'Milocinek' - is casting a long, frigid shadow over Trzebnica, Poland.
A group of 'bored' Poles started building him one day - and then decided they would just keep going.
Six days later, they hunted down a barrel for a hat and a traffic cone for a nose, and their work was done.
Big boy: A 31-foot snowman with a barrel for a hat and a traffic cone for a nose towers above cars and houses in Trzebnica, Poland, on Saturday
Who's a big boy: A 31-foot snowman with a barrel for a hat and a traffic cone for a nose towers above cars and houses in Trzebnica, Poland, on Saturday
The resulting Goliath of a snowman stands on eye-level with surrounding two-storey homes, and dwarfs passing cars.
The snowman was completed Friday near the town of Trzebnica in southwestern Poland.
A Polish newspaper's website reported Saturday that the snowman's builders believe Milocinek is the largest snowman built in Poland since winter weather set in more than a week ago.
Other observers go further - suggesting he may well be the largest snowman in the world. 
But with a major storm dumping two inches of snow an hour on America's mid-west last night, and thousands of children being held home from school, that record may not last for long.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1337926/Is-worlds-biggest-snowman-Bored-Poles-build-31ft-behemoth-traffic-cone-nose.html#ixzz17uz8XqQB

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