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Big Foot was a
creature that was like a great big giant with long, shaggy hair. His
long shaggy hair made him look like a big animal. He was good in a way,
because he ate the animals that might harm people. He kept the Grizzly
Bear, Mountain Lion, Wolf, and other larger animals away. During hot
summer nights all the animals would come out together down from the
hills to drink out of the Tule River. Big Foot liked to catch animals
down by the river. He would eat them up bones and all. It was pleasant and cool down by the river on hot summer nights. That is when grown ups liked to take a swim. Even though people feared that Big Foot, the hairy man, might come to the river, people still liked to take a swim at night. Parents always warned their children, "Don't go near the river at night. You may run into Big Foot." Now Big Foot usually eats animals, but parents said, "If he can't find any animals and he is very hungry, he will eat you. Big Foot, the hairy man, doesn't leave a speck or trace. He eats you up bones and all. We won't know where you have gone or what has happened to you." Some people say Big Foot, the hairy man, still roams around the hills near Tule River. He comes along the trail at night and scares a lot of people. When you hear him you know it is something very big because he makes a big sound, not a little sound. Children are cautioned not to make fun of his picture on the painted rock or play around that place because he would hear you and come after you. Parents warned their children, "You are going to meet him on the road if you stay out too late at night." The children have learned always to come home early. Told by Ruby Bays Jennie Franco From Big foot and other stories Copyright Tulare County Board of Education 1975 Tulare County Department of Education Office of the Superintendent 202 County Civic Center Visalia, California 93277
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