See the 20-foot ‘Snow Ella’ captivating Alaska residents. ‘This thing rules’
A 20-foot “snow lady” with long eyelashes, pink gloves and a jaunty cap is captivating Alaska residents, according to reports.
Her name is “Snow Ella,” and she was created by Cyrus Aldeman, owner of Anchorage Trolley Tours, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
Aldeman and helpers used a telephone pole as the base, the news outlet reported, and they had to start using donated snow after their original supply was melting. He said Snow Ella was inspired by Anchorage’s famed Snowzilla.
In a Dec. 18 Facebook post, Aldeman thanked “my whole team” for bringing her to life.
A search on social media shows plenty of evidence that people and groups in Anchorage are making pilgrimages to see the snow lady, with posters sharing messages like, “Me and the home girl Snow-Ella wanna wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!”
Snow Ella drew some critiques on Reddit, including for her snowy coat that’s not exactly pristine white.
But others wrote things like, “she’s cute!!!” and “this thing rules” and, simply, “spectacular!”
Aldeman said he thinks she’s lovely.
“I think she looks great, she’s spunky, she’s weird, she’s different,” he told KTUU. “I think she’s perfectly imperfect....I love her.”
This story was originally published December 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM with the headline "See the 20-foot ‘Snow Ella’ captivating Alaska residents. ‘This thing rules’."
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