Article: WELCOME TO BIGFOOT COUNTRY : DEPRESSED TIMBER AREA PROMOTING FOREST LEGEND TO ATTRACT TOURISM.(NEWS)

Byline: Ralph Jennings Scripps-McClatchy Western Service

This Trinity River town is staking its fortune on what could be a hoax.

With five lumber mills closed in response to federal logging limits, the 1,000-person community is turning to a tall, hairy, apelike guy for prosperity.

That's Bigfoot.

Town leaders hope he'll make people stop to shop in town along the forested Highway 299 between Redding and Eureka.

``There was never a big push on it until we lost our lumber industry,'' said Max Rowley, a volunteer with the 90-member Willow Creek Chamber of Commerce. ``We had to grab ahold of something else. As far as the chamber ...

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