Ranking among the Animal Planet network’s top three series and delivering 1.2M P2+ viewers, the initial season of FINDING BIGFOOT found a sizeable audience among viewers, whether they believe in or question the existence of sasquatch. In light of the show’s success, Animal Planet decided to shoot a second season… this time consisting of 10 episodes. The new season kicks off Sunday January 1 at 10pm EST.

The popular show Finding Bigfoot, which debuted this summer on Animal Planet, will be back for a special Halloween episode which airs Sunday, October 30, 9pm eastern time.

According to an Animal Planet: This fall, the Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO) team from Animal Planet’s Finding Bigfoot trudges deep into California’s Redwood National Forest to investigate one of the most infamous and disputed pieces of Bigfoot evidence ever — the Patterson-Gimlin footage.