Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe GILMAN, Minn., March 3 (UPI) -- Still fighting off the winter blues? Meet "Granddaddy," the 50-foot snowman on Greg Novak's farm near Gilman, Minn., where locals are living under 4.5 feet of snow. 50 foot snowman in Foley #Minnesota pic.twitter.com/Ew7tNCGKza Advertisement— MN Classics (@MinnesotaScenes) March 4, 2014 Novak, who built a 29-foot snowman back in 1991, started working on Granddaddy in January. He worked through ice-cold temperatures and the occasional snowstorm for five weeks in the hope that his whimsical creation would make people smile. “It’s a smile idea. Building a snowman isn’t original,” he said. “Building one this big is a little different.” Novak made Granddaddy by blowing snow into large compartments with a silo blower, then stacking them on top of each other. He used a garbage pail for the nose and lids for the buttons. “It’s been a long, hard winter. We might as well have fun with it. If you can’t beat it, embrace it,” he said. [CBS Minnesota, KARE] Read More Man builds 20-foot snowman Kid decapitates meteorologist's snowman on air
