Friday, October 19, 2012

Big Tex

It's a cowboy mascot,52 feet tall made for the State Fair of Texas.It got burnt up due to a suspected electrical malfunction, reducing the animated structure to a charred skeleton.
Big Tex was built in 1949 as a giant Santa Claus for a Christmas celebration in Kerens, 60 miles south of Dallas.The State Fair paid $750 for the structure, which debuted as Big Tex in 1952.

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