Comments on: Bigfooter Sam Sherry Dies

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:16:14 +0000

Rest in Peace.

By: bigfootboy_2000

bigfootboy_2000 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:08:50 +0000

Sam was a character as I said. I spent many hours in the woods with him. A funny story I’ll share with you all. One time in 2003, a group of us went up to see Sam. He took us up to this Honey tree where he had been baiting in hopes to attract a Bigfoot. While on our way down the mountain I caught a very strong over powering smell that entered Sam’s truck I was driving. It was very, very bad. Smelled like rotting meat. Thinking that perhaps there was a dead animal or something in the area, I stopped and went back to the other vehicles to find out if they too had smelled the same thing. They did not. I walked around the truck for several minutes trying to determine where the smell was coming from. Here it was a plastic shopping bag Sam had filled with rotten food Sam had put out at the bait station. Just so Loren knows. The cast that Sam sent too the museum was discovered and cast by Pennsylvania Bigfoot researcher Bob France near the small community of Hillside in Derry twp at the foot of the Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania back in 1995. I have a copy of the cast as well.

Here is Sam’s Obituary:
Samuel J. Sherry
Wilpen

Samuel J. Sherry, 86, of Wilpen, Ligonier Township, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, in Pittsburgh. He was born Sept. 28, 1921, in Wilpen to the late Stephen and Helen Sharkody Sherry. Sam was a member of St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Wilpen, and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He also was preceded in death by brothers John and Stephen Sherry. Sam is survived by his wife, Naomi Swank Sherry; daughter, Betty Joan Leary, of Blairsville; son, the Rev. Samuel J. Sherry and wife Bonnie, of Niles, Ill.; grandchildren, John, Jason and Josh Leary and Hannah and Sarah Anne Sherry; great-grandchildren, Carlee and Jacob, and sisters, Martha Kurela, of New Mexico, and Helen Mollick, of Ligonier. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the SNYDER FUNERAL HOME INC & CREMATORY, Bell and East Church streets, Ligonier, where a Parastas service will be at 7. An additional Parastas service will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home, followed by Divine Liturgy to be celebrated at 10 in St. John Orthodox Church with the Rev. Tony Joseph as celebrant. Interment will be in St. John Cemetery. Elizabeth Snyder Bloom, Funeral Director.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:44:25 +0000

RIP, Sir.

Condolences to the family.

By: squatchwatcher

squatchwatcher — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:11:11 +0000

Anybody who served in WWII is remarkable in my book, bigfoot witness or not. RIP.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:09:29 +0000

I added a brief note to the end of the blog about the original cast from Sam Sherry that is at the ICM.

By: MountDesertIslander

MountDesertIslander — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:23:28 +0000

I grew up in Ligonier Valley and went to high school with Sam’s son also named Sam. The summer of 1972 began a period of about 3 years of heavy bigfoot activity in that corner of western Pennsylvania. There were a few of us who actively searched for answers, but our numbers eventually dwindled away. Even though his experiences came years later, Sam boldly asserted his belief in this creature. As the years moved along he became one of the few remaining active voices for bigfoot research in our hometown area. He was fearless in the face of local criticism and ridicule from the local sceptics. His story never wavered even though he made some fantastic claims as to his interaction with bigfoot. Sam became a legend in the bigfoot community, but, as it is with most things, it’s most difficult to become accepted in your own hometown. I personally appreciated Sam’s passion for this subject and am grateful for the efforts he made. My condolences to his family and friends. Raise a toast from me for Sam at the Russian Club tonight.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:29:58 +0000

Yes, John Green, Peter Byrne, and that old guy Loren Coleman are all still very much alive.

By: bill green

bill green — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:45:54 +0000

hey loren & everyone im very deeply sadden of the passing of a friend researcher sam sherry . ive talked to him on the phone a few times about his sasquatch sightings & evidence etc. he even sent me a few articles about the pa sasquatch which now i will always keep. sam was a wonderful researcher he always kept me up to date on his sasquatch research in pa mountians. well to my friend sam sherry your in heavin now amen. sidenote hey loren wonderful memorable article about sam sherry. thanks bill green

By: hudgeliberal

hudgeliberal — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:56:31 +0000

Before anyone posts,I want to say that in the last sentence I included John Green and Yes,to my knowledge he is still alive and well. I was just listing some of the legends. Of course,Loren is among that elite group as well. Take care all.

By: hudgeliberal

hudgeliberal — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:54:13 +0000

RIP Sam. Krantz, Dahinden, Sherry, Patterson etc. have all passed. Shame that we are losing so much history, stories and knowledge about the elusive creature that has become obsession for many of us. The “legends” of sasquatchery as they have been called, are dwindling. People around my age group, 41, grew up watching many of these men on the famous documentaries of the late 60’s and early to mid 70’s. Their interviews and dedication made a believer out of me as a young child and the wonder and fascination with Bigfoot has never faded one bit. Those were the good ole days. Now, we have loudmouthed attention whores charging money to take 30-40 people clanging around a campsite and call it an expedition, shame really. Krantz, Byrne, Dahinden, Green, Patterson, Sherry etc. are the men that we could all learn a few things from and should continue with the same type of dedication and desire to find this creature before it is too late. RIP SAM!