To his surprise, Bigfoot falls in love with the incomparable Bertha Bay-Ellen Smerconish while traveling through the magnificent wonders of Yellowstone National Park. He is smitten at once, and they plan on getting married that night in the Yellowstone chapel. In this humorous tale, Bertha is true to her beliefs, and their story ends tragically in the only way it can, with a shocking splash. In the end, Bigfoot is true to the one real love of his life.

Carl Reader trained as a journalist at Temple University and has worked as a reporter, photographer and editor in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Montana. He's published short stories in literary magazines and on the Internet and has self-published a children's Christmas story called THE TWELFTH ELF OF KINDNESS.That book was partially published in Russia under the Sister Cities program. He's also self-published a novella called THE PERSECUTION OF WILLIAM PENN, which has been well-received in several college libraries. He works as a professional photographer and freelance writer.