Giant snow squid takes Corner Brook man 20 hours to sculpt

It took Kirk Wiseman 20 hoursto carve, sculpt and paint a massive snow sculpture of a squid on the front lawn of his homePhilip Drive in Corner Brook.

"The detail takes some work," Wisemantold the Corner Brook Morning Show.

To get the giant eye ball accurate, he spent some time looking at different pictures of squid.

Sometimes hewould have to stand at the end of his driveway and look back at the thing to make sure it was to scale.

Wiseman stole a Tupperware container from the kitchen and used it to mold the hundreds of suction cups that he stuck on the seven enormous tentacles that swallowed the snow bank.

"Winter can be a six-month affairin Corner Brook," he said. "We have had snow early since November. You've got to get out and keep busy."

Wiseman learned to design the perfect snow sculpture when he was a kid, whenhis family would compete in the local carnival contest.

Now, a dad of two young children, he keeps the tradition alive by building a snow sculpture every year duringthe Corner Brook Winter Carnival.