A similar waterfall in the Red River Gorge is said to exceed Yahoo Falls in height by a few inches.

The decision was made to turn Yahoo Falls into an accessible scenic attraction in an effort to lure visitors to the Stearns Ranger District.

An all-weather road was built to the top of the gorge and a picnic area and primitive campsite was established.

Trails were constructed and a long flight of steel stairs led visitors down into the gorge past cliffs and nearly vertical lush slopes adorned with mountain laurel, rhododendron and many threatened and endangered species of plants .

The name "bigfoot" did not exist yet at the time and Boone called the creature a ""Yahoo"", which is a direct reference to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.