The towering legends of the "Muffler Men"

Joel Baker is a giant hunter. He travels across the country in search of towering sentinels that watch over small businesses. It's a quest that began more than ten years ago, when he became fascinated by a family of fiberglass figures collectively known as the "Muffler Men."

"I think it's just because I never heard of them before," he said. "They were larger than life. It was like, they were these massive things that were so hard to miss, and yet hardly anybody knew about them, or cared, and I think that intrigued me."

Back in the 1960s, these 20-foot-tall characters were considered the height of outdoor advertising. Businesses purchased figures from a California company, International Fiberglass, which had acquired a mold for a Paul Bunyan character. It could be modified to promote all sorts of establishments, with different versions of arms to fit into the giant sleeves.