Narrative: “Bigfoot Stole My Wife” – Ron Carlson

This short story is narrated by a man who says that Bigfoot stole his wife. Nobody in his town believes what he says, and that makes him really upset because he truly believes that Bigfoot, a fictional character, stole his wife. The truth is that his wife left him. He thinks that Bigfoot had been watching her all summer until the day he decides to still her. When he came back from the track one afternoon like around 11:30, he finds out that Bigfoot has stolen his wife. She did not left any note, but half of her clothes and their pet were gone. This story shows how some people don’t want to see things how they really are, and are capable of making up ridiculous stories to justify things. This man did not accept that his wife had left him; he instead wanted to believe that a fictional character had stolen her. Some people are like that; they lie to themselves to make up excuses for something they did wrong. The guy was probably not a good husband and his wife could not take it any longer and decided to leave.