 The National Broadcasting Company decided it would be a little violent to  have a skier fall from the ski lift and break a leg and then become a victim  to the Snowbeast. In this scene it was were the Winter Games took place.  Writer Joseph Stefano and director Herb Wallerstien changed the scene to have  the Snowbeast attack the towns gymnasim were they are holding a skiing  contest for the snow champions. The fall from ski lift scene appears in some  other versions of this film.