Here it is. It was his friend, though, not his uncle:
Mr. Brown tended to use his size to scare away potential trouble, Mr. Lewis said.
“He’ll swell up like, ‘I’m mad,’ and you’ll back off,” he said.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/2...ling-with-lifes-mysteries.html?referrer=&_r=0
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Great! Thanks again!
I could not remember the exact words "swell up" as I pictured in my mind "blow up" like a balloon who gets bigger and bigger. It would be interesting to see how it looked like when MB got mad and did this.