A DALGETY Bay “woody” mammoth could soon be packing its trunk after its creator put it up for sale online.

Last week, the Press was first to break the story about ‘Woody’ the mammoth, created out of recycled cypress tree branches and garden bushes by Strathbeg Drive sculptor Denis Carbonaro.

The story went national after we ran it, and now ‘Woody’ could be part of your garden as Denis has now put the prehistoric pachyderm up on Gumtree for £800.

The big beast was originally thought of as an Easter holiday project, but now Denis – who also built a giant spider crawling over his roof – now needs the space as he’s planning a new Christmas sculpture of either Highland cattle or a deer.

He told the Press, “I’m running out of space – my garden is limited. I’m quite attached to it but I can always build another sculpture. I will definitely put something else up!

“Christmas is coming and I’d like to do a deer but I don’t have the space. I’m ready to move on to another sculpture.

“This was really meant to be a pastime for the summer, with the long days, it was never meant as a business. I really just do it for fun.

“I originally started working on an overgrown tree that was supposed to a sculpture. I didn’t finish it and worked on the mammoth, and now I’ll be focusing on the tree which I want to finish.” Denis (46) took five days, working between 10-12 hours each day, to create ‘Woody’, who stands at 2.32 metres and comes complete with a trunk and tusks.

The mammoth has been a talking point in the street and across Dalgety Bay, but since we broke the story there’s much much more attention than usual.

Denis laughed, “Over the two days it was in the papers, you could really tell. There were cars coming in, turning around and slowing down as they went past, and people walking by.

“It feels a bit like a children’s attraction. They come and see it and take photos with their parents, sometimes I go out and greet them.

“I’d love to fill Dalgety Bay with sculptures – sculptures are 3D, and it’d be easier to walk around and appreciate them.” The ad is online at http://bit.ly/1TRb8hb. You can also view how it was created at www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAt00QpBKgA