Don’t you wish you knew Bigfoot? Michael Wallace knows him intimately. In fact, he grew up with the man whose practical jokes on California logging sites fostered the Sasquatch lore and led to a fan base for the furry mythical creature with large feet (carved by a fellow logger).

As the son of Ray Wallace, whose life as a Big Foot hoaxer wasn’t fully revealed until after his death, Michael knows the intimate details of his father’s fantastical tricks—how he performs them and who fears being shot while wearing the black-furred suit. He grows up in a logging camp, surrounded by loving uncles and aunts, adored by parents who chose him as their own, then tends a wildlife farm, protests as a college student, and grows as a father and husband.

Laugh aloud as you journey along with the Son of Bigfoot.