For most people, absurdly large skeletons are just Halloween decorations that pop up once a year. For Canton native Evan Baker, they are the focal point of his cross-country adventure that’s connecting strangers and spreading whimsy from coast to coast.

Baker grew up in Canton and played soccer for Canton Soccer Club and Canton High School before earning a scholarship to play at Madonna University.

His love for the game continued into adulthood, and he now serves as the girls director of coaching at Waterford’s Warriors Soccer Club, where he travels around the country with his team.

Just as constant as soccer in his life has been music. Being in a band since he was a kid has provided Baker with the creative outlet he says he’s always needed.

In addition to songwriting, singing and playing guitar for his current band, American Arson, Baker also designs most of the band’s merch.

“I was scrolling through some of my designs, realizing that we have a lot of skeletons on things. And skeletons eating pizza,” he laughed. “It kind of feels like my subconscious is leaking through.”

With American Arson on a brief break, Baker found time to hone his creativity and began experimenting with new skeleton and pizza designs, which evolved into a brand-new brainchild: Skeleton Pizza Supply Co., an online store offering offbeat apparel, stickers, accessories and more.

To promote his new brand, Baker decided to pose next to an “absurdly large skeleton in a stranger’s yard” while eating a slice of pizza and posted a selfie on Facebook.

Though he didn’t expect to be able to easily find skeletons after October, his post blew up on Facebook and random people began encouraging him to continue.

“I was absolutely shocked by the response at first, and a bunch of people online told me I should keep doing it,” he said.

While traveling for soccer tournaments, Baker took to local community Facebook pages, sharing his story and requesting intel about the whereabouts of any local lawn skeletons.

“Normally if you see a Facebook thread with over 100 comments it’s because people are fighting,” said Baker after posting on a Traverse City page. “It’s been really cool to see the community interacting with each other and being so overwhelmingly positive.”

Since off-season skeleton hunting proved successful, Baker decided to commit to a real challenge in January: to eat pizza on a stranger’s lawn every weekend of the year and eat pizza on a stranger’s lawn in every U.S. state.

His journey has become part skeleton scavenger hunt, part travel diary and part comedy series, where he doesn’t know exactly what he’ll encounter.

As if his challenge isn’t big enough, Baker has added what he calls “side quests”, including karaoke performances, visiting roadside oddities and even getting his hands tattooed with none other than a hungry skull and a pizza slice.

“I’m just doing something that makes me happy, and if people want to come along for the ride, that’s awesome,” Baker said.

So far, Baker has made successful skeleton stops in 14 states every weekend of 2026, with plans to successfully tackle the rest after soccer season ends this summer.

To follow his journey, visit his Skeleton Pizza Supply Co. Facebook page.