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Article: LUMBER TOWN BANKING ON BIGFOOT BUCKS : MAN-APE'S `HOME' WOOS TOURISTS.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- August 18, 1996
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Byline: Ralph Jennings Redding Record Searchlight
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 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 a hold of something else. As far as the chamber is ...
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