The city of Wisconsin is building a 58-foot snowman named Jeffery — they had to use a crane to hang the 8-foot cylinder made of cattle plates and a 75-foot scarf
- Craig Carlson built the giant snowman named Jeffrey with his two sons
- The family built it to raise money for a local community club in Milltown
- It took 50 tons of snow and two trees for the arms to build the attraction
- About 150 cars drive by every day on weekends to catch a glimpse of it
- The family named Jeffrey after Craig’s brother, who died six years ago
He may have a top hat and a “carrot” for a nose. But Jeffrey is no ordinary snowman — he’s 58 feet tall and made out of 50 tons of snow.
The snowman is courting travelers from Wisconsin for the third straight year, with 150 cars driving by daily on the weekends to catch a glimpse of him.
It is the creation of Craig Carlson and his two sons, Hunter and Boe, who named the snowman after Mr. Carlson’s brother who died six years ago.
Jeffrey the Snowman has been a winter staple in Milltown since 2019. Craig Carlson and his two children, Hunter and Boe, built the snowman along with 100,000 pounds of snow and two trees for arms
The people above are the creative minds behind Jeffrey the Snowman
Mr. Carlson started the tradition with his sons in 2019 to win a competition.
“He was 19 feet tall,” Carlson told CBS News. “He was a bit rough. The crew, my boys and I had so much fun that we decided to do it again.”
Each year the family strives for “bigger and better,” so Jeffrey reached 32 feet in 2020 and then grew to 44 feet in 2021.
“This year we decided to go even bigger,” Hunter said.
Of his late brother Jeffrey, Mr Carlson said: “He would like it, so it was a lot of fun.”
Jeffrey’s 8-foot top hat is made from bovine plates and his scarf is 75 feet long.
That year the family built the snowman to raise money for a local community association. The grandiose sight stops around 150 cars a day in front of dazed spectators at the weekend
A woman is seen making the 75-foot scarf that goes around Jeffrey’s neck
A man is seen working on Jeffrey’s eight-foot cylinder, which is made out of beef plates
That year, the Carlson family built the snowman to raise money for their local Milltown Community Club.
By January 15, the family had raised $1,000 of their $2,000 goal.
The money will benefit the city’s 75th anniversary celebrations.
In the future, Mr. Carlson hopes to raise money for a scholarship honoring his brother, WQOW reported.