Army of Snowmen Appears Overnight After Snow Woman Destroyed in UK

Army of Snowmen Appears Overnight After Snow Woman Destroyed in UK
Snowmen in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)
Petr Svab
3/7/2018
Updated:
10/5/2018

After a snowman was destroyed in Newcastle upon Tyne, in northern England, some of the community staged a retaliation of sorts, building an army of snowmen demanding justice for their fallen fellow.

Thomas Walker, 21, shared photos on Twitter on March 2 of the snowman army, writing, “Someone knocked the snowman down in me street and now there’s these signs up and a little army of snowmen.” He also added a photo of the “murdered” snowman—who was actually a snowwoman, called Brenda.
Snow woman Brenda in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)
Snow woman Brenda in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)

Signs were posted to the bus stop that Brenda had inhabited, reading, “Only a melt steals a snowman,” and “Justice for Brenda.”

Signs at a bus stop in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)
Signs at a bus stop in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)
The army was built overnight by a group of teenagers, The Daily Mail reported.

“I’m not entirely sure why they did it. I think ‘Brenda’ was first built to look like a woman had frozen to death because of the lack of buses,” Walker said.

Snowmen in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)
Snowmen in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)

Somebody also built a grave for Brenda. A new version of Brenda was built too, sporting a pair of shades and a swimsuit.

A grave of the snow woman Brenda in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)
A grave of the snow woman Brenda in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)
New version of the snow woman Brenda in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)
New version of the snow woman Brenda in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Thomas Walker via Storyful)

Walker’s Twitter post was retweeted over 6,700 times and liked almost 26,000 times at the time of this publication.

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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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