Pure Americana. Just a dude who loved off-roading obsessed with putting bigger and bigger tires on his truck. Named it Bigfoot. Drove over a couple of cars and taped it for fun.

Fast forward to BIGFOOT performing at the Pontiac Silverdome in 1983 in 72,000 people and flashing cameras. History was made.

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    4 months ago

    …huh. I’d never really thought about it before, but for whatever reason I was surprised to learn that this had only been a thing within my lifetime.

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      4 months ago

      I assumed monster trucks have literally always been around. I’d like to go back in time and show him a video of a modern monster truck rally.

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    My dad’s uncle had built a truck up like the original one by the mid ’90s. He had a farm along a river, including land on an island in the river, and could ford the river in his truck to reach the island (he could do the same in a tractor).