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Big Tex has gone up in flames.

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Just saw several pictures on facebook. This is just sad. I remember attending the State Fair as a little girl with my Dad and looking up at Big Tex and feeling so small.

So sad, we went there on tuesday. It was our baby son's first time and we totally forgot to get a picture of him with Big Tex.

I have a feeling he'll be back Bigger and Better than ever... And hopefully, grounded.

Munk wrote:I have a feeling he'll be back Bigger and Better than ever... And hopefully, grounded.

Man, he went up like a giant road flare, didn't he?

Here is some audio from a few of the DFR units sent on that call.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=P3VZ7qRnS1s[/youtube]

Here in DFW, you know we love Big Tex when the news stations were all covering it endlessly with quick breaks of a few seconds to give updates on the A&M bomb threat. Whomever phoned in the threat for something to watch on tv must have been frustrated to have Big Tex upstage them.

We will miss you, Big Tex. You may be replaced by an updated version, but us older folks will never forget you.

MedicMan218 wrote:Here is some audio from a few of the DFR units sent on that call.

35s: "Howdy folks. It's hot."

Looks like we'll have to rename him. They have promised to rebuild him for next year and Dickie's has promised to cloth him. His new "unofficial" nickname should be Phoenix.

I heard a rumor last night that it may have been suicide.

WildBill wrote:I heard a rumor last night that it may have been suicide.

Was it political protest like those Buddhist monks?

Happily Ever After wrote:

WildBill wrote:I heard a rumor last night that it may have been suicide.

Was it political protest like those Buddhist monks?

Actually, I think it was the corn dogs.

Anything you want fried at the State Fair of Texas, this is just going too far.

RIP till next year ol buddy.

Burning Man. Texas Style.