In a bizarre coincidence of timing, the 52 foot tall man known as “Big Tex” has burned down the day after my first ever visit to the Texas State Fair(TSF). Big Tex has been standing proudly over the TSF since 1952 when he was purchased from the City of Kerens, TX. Kerens had constructed what was at the time the world’s largest Santa Claus in 1949.
Following in the grand tradition that “Things are Bigger in Texas”, Big Tex grew by three feet during the move to The Big D. Later he gained an unknown amount of weight from the chicken fried bacon, fried PB&J with banana, fried Coke-a-Cola, and fried butter.
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