在自己孩子和邻居们的帮助下，美国阿拉斯加州一个名叫比利·雷·鲍尔斯的男子近日成功堆起了一个超过16英尺（约为4.88米）的雪人。鲍尔斯他们从电影《哥斯拉》那里获得灵感，将这一巨型雪人命名为“雪斯拉”（Snowzilla）。

    据美联社12月20日报道，鲍尔斯在用完了自家院子里的所有积雪后，又从邻居家运来了很多桶雪。他们耗费一个月之久，基本上靠手堆出了这个蛋筒冰淇淋雪人。鲍尔斯说：“在给它装胳膊时，它已经冻成了坚硬的冰块，我用强力电钻才把两只胳膊装了上去。”“雪斯拉”的眼睛为两只啤酒瓶，因为其身躯过于庞大无法用常用的纽扣做眼睛。

    “雪斯拉”目前吸引着越来越多的人驻足观赏。许多人上前使劲敲打雪人，以确信它是否由真正的雪而不是聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料制成的。

    With the help of his kids and neighbors, Billy Ray Powers built more than just a snowman — they've dubbed his 16-plus-foot-tall creation "Snowzilla."

    After using up all the snow in the family's yard, they turned to neighbors' yards and carried buckets on sleds. They hand-packed the snowman like an ice-cream cone.

    "It's solid ice," he said. "I put the arms in with my power drill."

    It took a month to complete the project. It was too big to use buttons for its eyes, so Snowzilla gazes over the neighborhood from beer bottles.

    Powers says the project took on a life of its own as it got bigger and bigger. Now Snowzilla is attracting plenty of sightseers.

    "People stop by, and they're just flabbergasted," said neighbor Darrell Estes. "They walk up and knock on it to make sure it's real snow, not Styrofoam."