His family inside, he would not let this lawlessness stand.Īccording to the Damn Interesting podcast, Sanders took the moonshiners by surprise, appearing out of nowhere as he pointed a shotgun at them while wearing nothing except his underwear. Two whiskey peddlers were firing off both weapons and insults in front of Sanders' home one night, awakening the mighty chicken king from his slumber. Unfortunately for bootleggers, so would the colonel. Prohibition alive and well, competition between bootleggers would frequently turn violent in the late 1920s.
Fans of the Hanshin Tigers baseball team tossed the statue into the water because of a resemblance between the colonel and the team's bearded American slugger Randy Bass in celebration of their team winning their first Central League pennant in 21 years. Damn Interesting podcast reports that Jim would chase the guest around outside, pecking away until it had successfully stolen the coin.įor additional amusement, the colonel would bring customers out behind the motel to show them his donkey.Īpparently, this was incredibly entertaining for people in the era, particularly when it would say, "Hee-haw," and Sanders was more than happy to share the wealth in an era of economic decline.Ī statue of Colonel Sanders after it was recovered from the bottom of the Dotonbori River in Japan in 2009. With a name given to it by motel staff that is cringe-inducing by modern standards, "Jim Crow" would play a game in which it would chase after a guest who had placed a penny in the cuff of their pants. On the grounds of the southeastern Kentucky gas station-motel-cafe where Sanders would create his masterpiece of America fast-food cuisine, guests would be charmed not just by Southern hospitality but by the mashed potato main man and his pet bird.
Henryville, Ind., native Harland Sanders sold his fried chicken process for $2 million, agreeing to stay with the company as a public relations person.
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