Raymond L. Wallace
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Raymond L. "Ray" Wallace (April 21, 1918 − November 26, 2002) was a controversial figure amongst Bigfoot researchers.
Wallace was born in Clarksdale, Missouri. He worked as a logger for much of his life, but also in road construction throughout much of Washington, Oregon and California. He served in the Army during World War II as an aircraft gunner. Wallace finally settled in Toledo, Washington in 1961.
In August 1958, the Humboldt Times of Eureka, California, was the first to use the term "Bigfoot" in their story about huge footprints found by a worker of Wallace's Humboldt County construction company.
Upon Wallace's death, his family revealed the large carved wooden feet that Wallace used to create the footprints for the hoax he kept up for years during the late 1950s.
Wallace died in a Centralia, Washington nursing home at the age of 84. Wallace is survived by three of his four sons (MIchael, Larry & Rick) and his wife, Elna. His son, Gary, was killed in a logging accident in the 1980's.
