So I'm reading Loren Coleman's 'Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America'
First I'd like to say I'm no longer put off by the title because I realize it does not necessarily reflect the idea that Bigfoot is truth. It's more a truthfulness of stories or ideas surrounding the idea of Bigfoot.
Anyway, in one chapter it talks of Fruit Crate Labels. Apparently there are no known newspaper articles from California between the years 1900-1950. There were word of mouth and passed along tales but nothing recorded by newsprint. One thing that fell in favor of believed Bigfoot activity in California during those years was a Fruit Crate label. The company was California Giant (or just Giant) and it depicted a huge, hairy, humanoid. One of the ways they were able to tell he was huge was because within the label the hairy guy was carrying a lettuce crate that depicted the exact label that he is featured on. Scaled against his smaller label it was thought he was close to ten feet tall and his feet maybe measured upwards of 24".
