loren coleman lcolema1mainerrcom raymond l wallace 83 bigfoot story teller 19192002 ray wallace controversial figure involved 44 years bigfootrelated events died november 26 2002 toledo washington washington state construction tycoon ill time living toledo rest home bluff creek california 1958 found ray wallaces company building new road northern california forest august october wallace construction companys employee jerry crew found tracks huge humanlike foot thanks instructions taxidermist bob titmus crew made first plaster casts footprint hairy upright creature fellow workers called bigfoot crew took cast town quiet local ridicule showed humboldt county newspaper editor photograph jerry crew giant plaster paris foot imprint went newswires produced revolutionary shift small regional stories sasquatch todays global awareness bigfoot soon publicized crew finds wallace brother claimed bigfoot activity around construction site wallace said found tracks droppings bigfoot wallace involved local tales hairy giants rest life allegedly later 1950s example wallace offered sell texas millionaire tom slick captured bigfoot wallace failed produce creature slick came offer years wallace would carry pranks tied carved fake sasquatch feet produce try sell dubious photographs films great letter writer would pen long passages magazine editors photographs telling knew bigfoot nearby guarding mine full gold awhile bigfoot hunters researchers took wallace merely spinner fanciful tall tales contributions strange magazine track record indirectly fate magazine wallace relished keeping name limelight bigfoot mystery march 1998 ray wallace offered million dollars first person could bring live baby bigfoot saying tracked bigfoot forty years wallace claimed wanted raise young sasquatch adulthood wallace told reporters planned raise baby bigfoot care respect would like train creature ride around pickup truck help chores around ranch one came forth baby bigfoot ray wallace added intriguing mostly harmless storytelling element otherwise often serious pursuit bigfoot various friends ray crowe director international bigfoot society enjoyed ray wallace interred lone hill cemetery toledo washington state november 30 2002 loren coleman 2002 httpwwwlorencolemancom unsubscribe group send email forteanaunsubscribeegroupscom use yahoo groups subject httpdocsyahoocominfoterms sun 01 dec 2002 205621 0500 zzzzteana ray wallace 19192002