Ed Dixon was previously in the military before losing faith in humanity and living off the woods. He dresses in a Big Foot-esque camouflage suit so as not to disturb nature. He nursed Carlton Lassiter back to health when the detective stepped in a bear trap and lost a lot of blood. He is portrayed by Paul Wight, who wrestles as '(The) Big Show'.
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Lassie Jerky[]
In "Lassie Jerky", Ed finds Lassiter unconscious in the woods, and carries him away. This is caught on camera and when Shawn, Gus, Juliet, and filmmakers Chavo and Katie see it, they believe it is Big Foot taking Lassiter away to eat him. They find Ed's cabin, where they see meat roasting on an open fire and Lassiter's clothes, and they believe Big Foot ate Lassiter, however when they go in the house they find Lassiter sitting comfortably. Ed walks in, and is dressed in his camouflage, and Juliet points his gun at him.
However Ed takes his mask off, and explains that he used to be in the military, however he lost faith in humanity, and has been living in the wild for over ten years. He wears the suit as camouflage, so as not to disturb the natural balance. When asked about the dead bodies, he says he has no clue. While Big Ed heads over to the Ranger Station, Shawn does some further investigating, and finds evidence that he may be the killer of three people. Everyone is quick to suspect him, but Shawn doesn't believe so, and they try to leave just when Ed walks back into the cabin. When Lassiter asks him about the evidence, he says he found it netting salmon in the river. Lassiter says Ed's gonna need to go with them, but Ed says that they're not gonna get out alive, before collapsing with an axe lodged in his back.
The real killers, contract killers from the Serbian Crime Syndicate, tracked Ed back to his cabin, and arrive as Juliet and Lassiter are preparing to fight them off. They shoot Katie, Chavo and Lassiter in their shoulders, but as one is about to shoot Gus, Ed stands up and puts him in a bear hug, crushing his chest and killing him. Afterwards, Ed is covered up, as he's believed to be dead, and Shawn and Gus say a few words, but he moves his hand and asks if "anyone checks for a pulse anymore" before passing out again. Gus runs and gets him help, and after the end of the film, Shawn announced that Big Ed will make a full recovery.
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- His birth certificate says he was born on February 8, 1978 to Frederick and Susan Elisabeth Dixon. He served as an Army Ranger and earned the Purple Heart. He was married to a woman named Tsong Liu-Cheng, born September 9, 1979 to Heng and Jinjing Liu-Cheng in Hong Kong, who was 21 when she died on April 18, 2000 on her death certificate from an "undiagnosed condition".