Big Bad John

Big Bad John, for those born too late to remember, was a mysterious miner who "stood 6 foot 6, weighed 245."  No one knew much about him until the day the mine shaft collapsed, trapping 21 men underground.

Everyone else started crying..

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/06/14/2010-06-14_jimmy_dean_sausage_king_was_country_musician_first_whose_big_bad_john_song_launc.html