Haystack Thornton was a marijuana grower in Eureka, Jefferson. While he was a little person, he was still quite big at almost 7 feet tall and wide in proportion. He benefited from Jefferson's policy of refusing to prosecute marijuana growers and refusing to cooperate with Federal government. When Governor Bill Williamson was in Eureka to meet the Yeti Lama, Thornton approached him and thanked him for the state's position.