Popcorn Sutton- Lost WLOS News Footage from 2003

[@jimmymackey7185]

I would rather be around people like him then people today

[@matthewbraddom149]

It’s a shame popcorn doesn’t know how much of a legend he became

[@dickbiggerjr3613]

Honestly, I don't think he would've cared much. You heard all he wanted outta life was that Ford,that banjo, and that woman. He wasn't looking for fame or notoriety. He was already a legend in his business and respected by his peers and customers before he died and that's good enough for an old mountain man runnin shine.

[@dillfincollins6516]

He was a legend long before he died.

[@christywhitehead3171]

Too bad y'all couldn't have helped him out when he was still alive God bless his soul maybe in heaven with his mother and daddy rest in peace Mr Popcorn Sutton never met you but I appreciate you

[@kennymcbair7323]

Amen An Blessings to0.

[@Jeremiahgilman423]

Hell he wouldn’t have it no other way.

[@RONJAE212003]

Since he committed suicide I doubt his ass is in heaven

[@xsidx232]

Rip Popcorn. My uncle and aunt live in Harlan kentucky and were lucky enough to meet him. Kind hearted man but would talk your ear off lol. I wish I got a chance to meet him too. I can’t believe my uncle and aunt got to meet him! When they told me my jaw literally dropped

[@basskickersoutdoors5594]

They drove this man to take his own life. Yet I bet the local dope dealer is still thriving in those parts. What a fucking world.

[@lukefish7562]

🏅

[@lisabrown6280]

SO TRUE!!

[@mac469]

Exactly.

[@ritasmith1127]

The Federal Government is responsible for his death . I met Popcorn Sutton at the Car Show in Maggie Valley on the corner of Hemphill rd. and Johnathan Creek in the cow pasture . Government is as cricked as a DOGS HIND LEG ❗️❗️BACK STABBING PIECES OF DUNG ‼️ Popcorn Sutton said F### You ‼️‼️

[@ritasmith1127]

Read my comment, I knew him personally Sam feds

[@donaldmcmanus8001]

Legend nobody will ever top him

[@kelseywhitlatch173]

I see a man living free while not hurting a soul. Terrible and embarrassing that the ATF decided to pick on a poor old man for no other reason then the governments the only only allowed to sell drugs and alcohol. 😒rip popcorn

[@jackburk2060]

Popcorn was the best person at heart. Very missed forever !

[@sondrasmith2691]

Ernestine! Met her several times, and Popcorn...once. Liked them both very much.

[@bmxman246]

This was very nostalgic with wlos and all. Takes me back. Thanks for posting. Wish i could go back in time

[@johnland1528]

Gone but never forgotten

[@Kevin-cy4qn]

How many people grew up seeing Darcel Grimes on News Ch.13?! I'm 43, & her voice was in our house for decades

[@Spooky-z8r]

Popcorn Sutton loved cats. I have so much respect for him I named my cat after him. Rest In Peace Popcorn Sutton...

[@jbaker4900]

Appreciate you sharing that.

[@acgillespie]

Thanks Geno... God bless popcorn.

[@gerrywood3584]

Marvin rip in peace pop corn

[@John-uv7zp]

Rip.....popcorn

[@gavink8149]

“Popcorn said fuck you”.

[@davidjones9518]

Government can’t stand to lose out on few tax dollars but can give millions to other countries 😢

[@rickyrocketreed]

Billions!

[@billybarrett6839]

Truth!

[@mikem189]

It's not the tax dollars that they're concerned about. Government at all levels is full of Adolf Hitler wannabes who have a pathological desire to play God. And Popcorn wasn't going to be told how to live his life or what he could and couldn't do. That's why they persecuted him like they did

[@bmxman246]

R.I.P Popcorn

[@BillyStewart-qd1ch]

Respect you sir

[@genoslair4015]

Thank you so much.

[@joeschraer7916]

It’s crazy to think a mountain hillbilly with very limited technology knew the importance of sharing his craft with people of the future beyond his life

[@scottbivins4758]

Well it's heritage I mean what do you think built the southern states after the Civil war? The illegal liquor business moonshining basically help fund this nation and a lot of people don't think about that a lot of regular people did this and still do it because it's our family heritage.

[@desirreemarlenaclonch7593]

Genoa, get educated on the groceries growing out in the wild , God's grocery store and take popcorn recipe outside on a open coals to cook on , ramps , wild onions and garlic are there , pepper weed sage and wild parsley are there too , and would be used in emergency case situations like his, when using table scraps like was done during the depression error or hard times going on right now , but knowing the difference between false plants is important because queen Ann's lace and Angelica weed are similar but not the same when you are cooking, I love your video , I had the privilege to be there for that last run , my birthday is on the 18th of this month and at that time I'd just been back home from Los Angeles, not knowing that it would be the last time I'd get to dance a thump dance with him and Pam, my suggestion is to keep it real and as wild as our popcorn was and would be to this very day , I helped gather the wild seasoning put into it on one occasion when I visited. Peace Love to you and your house

[@timchilders3535]

His name was Marvin. I can tell you how he got his nickname also.

[@Officialfrizzyfriz]

Because he got into a fight with a popcorn machine at a local bar lol

[@Hungrybird474]

Me and my likker …awesome

[@davidfisher4470]

The polices offices need to leve these people alown that macking moonshine because it is there heritage and now body can take that away from them.

[@jonsworld5307]

yep let drugy thats out here driving on road blowed away go and go after someone like this

[@toshiro3040]

Man I love North Carolina, moonshine, old barns, and the Smokey mountains. grew up there landscaped there, it’s a damn shame to see the state of Asheville (full of leftist)I live in TN now, two prettiest states in the US!

[@carloselhakim]

The Socrates of Appalachia

[@jasonnester9514]

He said moonshine is the hardest job you’ll ever do! This man was deprived go spend a day in a coal mine foundry or a roof

[@jonsworld5307]

go spend day packing 50 lb or 100lb bags of corn and suger up hill 2 plus miles plus all the other stuff it takes id not say its harder then roofing or mining but its just as bad can drive to it just on loud you stuff or the cops / people follow the road find you not easy as you think

[@jasonnester9514]

@@jonsworld5307 didn’t think about that

[@anthonyjulson8840]

​@@jasonnester9514nevermind the fact they've gotta stay hidden.

[@jasonnester9514]

@@anthonyjulson8840 that’s not labor intensive lol

[@anthonyjulson8840]

@@jasonnester9514 no it's not, but it definitely adds a degree of difficulty. I mean if you didn't need to stay hidden, you wouldn't be packing things up the side of a mountain.

[@haroldncillabryant6448]

He should still be alive you can go legal now it’s a tragedy

[@mac469]

Thats what the government does.

[@georgemorales3787]

The thing he does is all Americans. You fool's.

[@jbrown1971]

The still has nothing too do how high proof the whiskey is its all about the mash.

[@MLGxBXRxPRO]

Lol making that likker is the hardest job you could ever do. Cmon man no its fucking not. Id rather do that shit than what im doing rn

[@lukefish7562]

Sooooooo,

[@ricktaylor3748]

Danny M I can tell you've never made any white liquor, it's extremely hard work. I helped Popcorn make several runs. Try lugging 600 lbs. of corn & sugar up in the mountains, it's back breaking work.

[@brucebanner3130]

Funny how people who don't know shit about somebody else's work thinks they know everything u related to Biden or Harris?

[@MLGxBXRxPRO]

@@brucebanner3130 im a programmer for a cnc shop you think making that moonshine is harder than what i do?

[@jimpetterson3447]

Anything is harder than what you do Brucie boy