Paul Bunyan, The Red River Lumber Runner

So at the moment I am trying to figure out a way to write about this guy, Paul Bunyan ---->

Paul is unique in many ways: for a start he is between 28 and 37 feet tall, is over 100 years old and uses pine trees as disposable hair brushes. Oh, and he also has more than one birthplace. One legend has it that he was born on the East Coast, in Maine, and that when he was given a double-sided axe as an 18th birthday present, he was off, cutting his way across the country. Others claim he was raised in Minnesota, brought to life by the tales of the woodsmen and lumberjacks, some of who allegedly tied whole sides of bacon to the bottom of their boots and used them as skates to grease his pancake griddle. Those who know him as a resident of Westwood, CA would say that was his true home, and they may have a point. In the early 20th century, a man called T.B. Walker built a town on the back of an enormous wealth made with the Red River Logging Company. He envisaged Westwood as the lumber capitol of America, and for many years it was, owning both the world's largest pine timber mill and consequent pile of sawdust. Paul Bunyan appeared in his trade-mark plaid shirt and jeans combo in advertisements devised by William Laughead, ex-logger and author of The Round River Drive, a book of tales about the logging camps, in which the giant lumberjack made his first appearances. Now Westwood is a shadow of its former self, its population reduced to a tenth of is original size, it relies mainly on tourism, and owes much to Laughead and Bunyan. Much like T.B. Walker and the Red River Lumber Company, Paul Bunyan always went 'where there's lots of trees and plenty of room', which was most of the North West of the country. In American Folklore, Bunyan stands for strength, progress and determination. He is the epitome the pioneering spirit that has seen all the boom industries come, provide for a period of time, and go, leaving behind the husks of towns, and weather-battered monuments. This image (above) of a talking, moving, winking Bunyan, the tallest replication in the world, stands in front of the entrance to the Trees of Mystery, a roadside attraction in northern California. The park features a short, sign-posted nature trail, a restaurant, gift shop and museum that are all Bunyan-themed. It is perhaps the most suitable place for a Statue of the folk hero, a figure as "mysterious" as the several malformed redwoods that give the attraction its name.