In 2000, Bigelow and his wife, Dana Fisher, with whom he had three children, divorced. In 2005, Fisher sued Bigelow for non-payment of
child support.
In July 2000, Bigelow received second degree burns on 40% of his body, while rescuing three children from a burning house near his home. Following the incident, Bigelow spent two months recovering in a hospital.
Upon his retirement, Bigelow moved to a private recreational community called "The Hideout", in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania. He also opened the eponymous
Bam Bam Bigelow restaurant, located nearby in the town of Hamlin in
Salem Township, along State Route 590, but it later closed. He then relocated to
Florida, with even his close friend
Shane Douglas clueless as to his whereabouts.
In May 2004, Bigelow was charged with endangering the welfare of a child through
reckless driving. He attributed the incident to a
seizure he had suffered, and the charges were dropped two months later. In August 2004, he was convicted of
possession of
cannabis.
On
October 2 2005, Bigelow was hospitalized with a broken nose and several lacerations after crashing his
Harley-Davidson motorcycle in
Spring Hill, Florida. His passenger at the time, Janis Remiesiewicz (Bigelow's girlfriend), suffered severe injuries and was declared to be in "critical condition". Larry Coggins, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, stated that Bigelow would be the focus of a homicide investigation should Remiesiewicz die, intimating that Bigelow would likely face charges based on "the factors...that led to this crash". Remiesiewicz eventually made a complete recovery, and remained with Bigelow up until his death.
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