Bigfoot creator was just trying to scare thieves

AP ^ | 12/9/02

[Valin]

CENTRALIA, Wash. -- When the late Ray Wallace strapped big, wooden feet to his boots in 1958, it wasn't intended as a prank to revive the legend of Bigfoot, a former logger said. They were supposed to scare thieves away, 71-year-old John Auman said Friday.

[coloradan]

Next: The Loch Ness Monster was created to curb skinny dipping on Sundays.

[sasquatch]

He didn't say he done it, but I knew he did

He didn't do it.

[lepton]

What were they afraid of? All Bigfoot does is steal ones socks.

[HairOfTheDog]

I thought you had died!