He was built in the western Maine town of Bethel ten years ago, and when this photo was taken he was the tallest snowman in the world.
Angus, King of the Mountain, stood 113 feet, 7 inches tall. He weighed 9,000,000 lbs, was made up of 200,000 cubic feet of snow, had 4 ft. wreathes for eyes, his carrot nose was made from 6 ft. of chicken wire & muslin, 6 automobile tires formed his mouth, with another 3 skidder tires for his buttons, he had a 20 ft. fleece hat, a 120 ft. fleece scarf and two 10 ft. trees for arms.
The photo above was taken on 19 February 1999. Angus didn't melt until 10 June 1999.
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