WELL
WELL ,
WELL , IT
WELL , IT TURNS OUT OUR BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES
ARE GOOD FOR SOMETHING PEOPLE
ARE DRIVING FOR MILES TO CHECK
OUT MORE THAN 30 ICE SCULPTURES
THAT HAVE POPPED UP ON
A PROPERTY IN WESTERN WISCONSIN.
AND HOW THEY GOT THERE IS
A PRETTY COOL STORY IN ITSELF.
AS BOYD HUPPERT SHOWS US
IN TONIGHT'S LAND OF TEN
THOUSAND STORIES WHEN HE FIRST
BOUGHT HIS HUNTING LAND AMID
THE BLUFFS AND CORNFIELDS
OF PIERZ COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THIS
IS THE RUSHOUT RIVER HERE .
ROGER NELSON WAS ATTRACTED
TO THE SCENERY KIND OF BACK
TO MOTHER NATURE THEN IT WAS
JUST A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL
NATURE JOINED FORCES WITH ROGER
.IT'S AMAZING. IT'S WORTH
THE DRIVE. DEFINETELY BARB
AND STEVE MILBURN DROVE FROM
ROCHESTER TO SEE THIS
FOR THEMSELVES. THE CREATION'S
ABOUT WHICH EVERYONE WHO STOPS
BEAUTIFUL CAN'T STOP TALKING.
I THINK MAYBE NATURE HAD
A LITTLE HELP HERE, A LITTLE
HELP FROM A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT.
WELL , I'M A PLUMBER, SO IT WAS
KIND OF NATURAL UPOUR HWMR WHO'S
HUNTING LAND JUST HAPPENED TO BE
LOADED WITH THIS A THOUSAND
GALLONS A MINUTE. SERGIE FROM
650 FEET BELOW. NO PUMP, NO
PUMP. NOT JUST WATER GUSHING
TO THE SURFACE. NATURALLY FROM
AN ARTESIAN WELL DEEP BENEATH
ROGER'S PROPERTY AND YOU GOT
TO THINKING, YEP, ONE SMALL ICE
SCULPTURE FORMED ACCIDENTALLY
WHEN ROGER LEFT OPEN A PIPE HAS
INSPIRED MORE THAN 30 OTHERS,
ALL CONNECTED BY THE PLUMBER
TO HIS ARTESIAN WELL . YOU DO
HAVE TO ADMIRE THE ARTWORK
QUIETLY FEEDING STILL GROWING
BEHEMOTHS 24-7 TWENTY FIVE
POUNDS PRESSURE ALL THE TIME.
ONLY ONE THING BETTER WHEN
IT'S DARK, ALL THE LIGHTS COME
ON , THE LIGHTS THAT TURN
SCULPTURES INTO ICE PIERZ NOT
ONE LOOKS LIKE A UNICORN. JESSEP
CAME TO SEE THEM WITH THEIR
FANS.
FANS.
FANS. >>
FANS. >> IT'S PRETTY AWESOME THAT ONE
OF ABOUT OGEMA IMAGINATION
STRETCHERS LONGVILLE ALL OF KIDS
GOT THEIR START IS ONE OF 33
STANDING PIPES, FLAGPOLES
BASICALLY INTO WHICH ROGER
DRILLS HOLES.
DRILLS HOLES. >> THIS ONE THERE. THAT'S IT.
ROGER DRILLS THE HOLES
AND NATURE DECIDES ON THE
SHAPES. YOU NEVER NEVER HAVE
A CLUE. ROGER DOWNPLAYS
THE WORK. THIS TOOK LANG MORE
THAN A THIRD OF A MILE
OF UNDERGROUND PIPE TO FEED
NATURE'S CREATIVE APPETITE.
>> DOES ANY OF THIS SURPRISE,
YOU KNOW, ONE BIT.
>> NO, NOT ONE BIT. AS HIS
FRIENDS KNOW, ROGER'S PASSION
RUNS HOT. I'M SURPRISED THERE'S
NOT MORE OF THEM. IT'S ALL OR
NOTHING.
NOTHING.
NOTHING. >> AND YOU SHARE IT
WITH EVERYBODY, SHARES IT
WITH EVERY BREAKING DRIVER,
EVERY CAMERA TOTING VISITOR.
AMAZING. AND THIS CREW.
>> SO WHO MADE ALL THESE QUAMBA
CRUZ KNOCKS RONALD AND REAGAN.
>> SOUNDS LIKE IT'S RAINING
AND I LIKE THE SOUND WHO'S
GRANDMOMLIKE TAPPED IN TO
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
SOMETHING SPECIAL. >> IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A FAIRY
TALE. IT DOES AS LONG AS
THE EARTH KEEPS SENDING UP THE
WATER, ROGER WILL HONOR
THE GIFT.
THE GIFT.
THE GIFT. >> IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. YEAH,
WELL DONE. GOOD END PRODUCT
HWMR. WELL , YEAH, POINT2
KARE 11 NEWS MAIDEN ROCK,
WISCONSIN. WELL , ROGER LOVE
SHARING THE ICE SCULPTURES
HE AND NATURE CREATE. YOU'LL
FIND DETAILS WHERE YOU CAN SEE
THEM IN THIS STORY ON KARE 11
DOTCOM. PRETTY COOL. WELL IT'S
SUPER REMARKABLE THAT ONE REALLY
DID LOOK LIKE A WINTER WARLOCK,
REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND BUT
THE BOTTOM LINE, THE HOW COOL IS
THE FACT THAT THERE'S
THAT ARTESIAN WELL UNDER HIS