I remember something like that at a county fair in WA when I was a kid. May not have been the same bull, but Mark's right -- the thing was ENORMOUS.
In my adult life, I once went the to Houston Livestock show, and had the chance to look at the grand champion Brahma bull. It was just sorta lying there on its haunches, chewing its cud. The damned thing was almost 5 feet tall, lying down!
LOL, actually no. At the county fair, in Vallejo, CA. My buddy and I just decided we would spend a quarter, and see if this was a joke. We thought it was, and that they would just take our money, and show us nothing. We were utterly awe struck when we went in there, and there was actually a bull, and it was the biggest dang bull I had ever seen. It's shoulder was as high as my head. I did not stay in there long, because I figured if this bull went berserk or something, I did not want to be anywhere near it.