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Sep 18, 2026
George StevensVOICE_ACTOR
An axe? Yes, and as I
Andy BrownVOICE_ACTOR
understand it, he used to be a lumberjack.
Andy BrownVOICE_ACTOR
Lumberjack? Oh, me.
Andy BrownVOICE_ACTOR
Kingfish, if he ever comes to my place, how in the world can I guard against him? Well,
George StevensVOICE_ACTOR
that's hard to say, Andy.
KurtPANELIST
I thought Paul Bunyan was from Minnesota.
KurtPANELIST
Well, they have a Paul Bunyan-esque guy, Lumberjack, because the team is known as the Lumberjacks.
KurtPANELIST
They put a couple guys in the league, the NFL.
Martin KilcoyneHOST
Speaking of Paul Bunyan, Sanford is on the phone.
Darren MarlarHOST
The monster reportedly hates the smell of alcohol and won't eat anything that reeks of it.
Darren MarlarHOST
Lumberjacks would drink to protect themselves when they thought a hidebehind was nearby.
Darren MarlarHOST
Of course, some might have used this as an excuse to drink more.
Darren MarlarHOST
But where did these tales come from, and why? These stories originated in logging areas like Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, which were wild places in the 19th century.
CourtlandHOST
Wait, no.
BrandonHOST
Lumberjack chic.
CourtlandHOST
Lumberjack chic.
CourtlandHOST
Right, right, right.
CourtlandHOST
It's just baby chic, Brandon.
Shane SmithHOST
Why can't I think what they're called?
MikeHOST
Lumberjack.
Shane SmithHOST
Lumberjack who owns a blue ox, and who happens to be, like, eight or nine feet tall.
MikeHOST
Can we go right to Bill's real quick? 'Cause Bill's is pretty quick.
Shane SmithHOST
Yeah.
Tony RichardsHOST
They also battled the Rougeau family, and one of the most memorable nights of Leduc's career came in December 1971 when he and his wife, Pierrette, were legally married in the ring at the Montreal Forum in front of nearly 15,000 fans.
Tony RichardsHOST
How would you like 15,000 people to come to your wedding, um, and pay for the reception? In, uh, late 1973, the Leduc team traveled to Championship Wrestling from Florida as the Canadian Lumberjacks, and on November 23rd, they defeated Dusty Rhodes and Dick Slater for the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship, holding it for around two months.
Tony RichardsHOST
A legitimate injury to Paul ended their partnership, and Joe continued as a singles wrestler, particularly in the South.
Tony RichardsHOST
Uh, he worked Florida, he worked Georgia, he worked Tennessee, he worked Texas.
Chris LevelHOST
All right.
Chris LevelHOST
Lumberjack theme.
Chris LevelHOST
I mean, yeah.
Chris LevelHOST
But yeah, lumberjack thing, whatever.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
Thanks for tuning in, and I hope you enjoy it.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
This story was first published on January 27th of 2012 under the headline Radical Wobblies Found Support Among Oregon Loggers.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
Here we go.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
In early 1917, shortly after the U.S. declared war on Germany, the first detachment of U.S. soldiers was dispatched to the forest of western Oregon.
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Finn J.D. JohnHOST
So Diskay did two things.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
First, he sent army troops into the woods to start cutting timber, and second, he started a labor union.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
The Army's union was called the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, 4Ls.
Finn J.D. JohnHOST
Technically, it wasn't really a union because its bylaws forbade it to go on strike, but it was an organization that soon included hundreds of thousands of workers, and one that quickly developed a reputation for being reasonable, and thanks to the active backing of the United States Army, it was fairly effective in trimming away the more egregious violations of 1910's industrial management.
GaryHOST
The Gumbaroo simply walked on, ignoring the swarm of hornets.
GaryHOST
The Lumberjacks would say that the creature lived in the darkest parts of the forest, where it chose the hollow bases of oldest and the largest cedar trees as homes.
GaryHOST
These trees had been struck by lightning long ago or had burned in past forest fires.
GaryHOST
So their insides were hollowed out and turned into deep, dry caves where the Gumbaroo could crawl into and then stay hidden for days or weeks at a time.
GaryHOST
Chapter 2.
GaryHOST
The night that the woods would explode.
GaryHOST
One dark night near Coos Bay, the Lumberjacks were asleep in their bunkhouse.
GaryHOST
The rain had finally stopped.
Jerry LawlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I can't wait to hear what Stone Cold has to say.
Jerry LawlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We'll have that tonight, and our Lumberjack match is coming up next.
Jerry LawlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, come on, JR. Let's hear it.
Jerry LawlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Here it comes.
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