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On October 5, 1946 in Maggie Valley, NC a legendary moonshiner was born-- The boy’s name was Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton. He loved to explore the backwoods of the Appalachian Mountains. The boy woke up and slowly slid out of his bed; crept to his Rose window as the sun pierced his face. Little boy “Popcorn”, squinted his eyes, trying to block out the blinding sun; as he reached for the window latch. Once, Marvin got the window open, he smile at the yellow birch, mixture of maple, and beech trees, and leaf covered ground.
Sutton ecstatically said, “ Today is going to be the best birthday ever!” Quickly as possible he put on a western shirt, socks, his favorite denim blue bibs, and his fiddlers cap. He ran down the stairs from the loft of the
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Shortly after his eighteenth birthday Popcorn followed in his father’s footsteps as he wandered back deep into the backwoods of the Appalachian Mountains, too start moonshining. Popcorn then commenced a spot to start building his still which would be necessary for his moonshine speciality. To begin the process, he created a large cylinder out of copper and assembled a fire beneath the cylinder. On top of the cylinder Popcorn manufactured a copper steam funnel that converts to a small wooden barrel called the thump keg. The thump keg filters the alcohol steam through water. Third, the filter steam traveled out of the thump keg through a copper tube to the worm box. Finally, the tube started to spiral down through the worm box, full of Hyperborean water that is supplied by a stream and turned the steam functioning through the tube into …show more content…
His pickup rolled, Marvine flew all around in the cab of the vehicle, smashing his face on the dash. Laying the hurt and bruised Sutton was hauled to jail. Getting out a couple weeks later Sutton went right back to moonshining.
On a cool 2007 Appalachian morning the old man was outside working on a still. Of course, he had a sizeable piece of copper cutting it into pieces for a still. After getting them all cut out he was testing the size of the pieces and how they would fit contemporaneously. The old moonshine legend got out his grinder and began to work on his still. As he was grinding on the copper, sparks were flying into the dry barn wood and flames commenced. Sutton scrambled to get the fire under control, but it spreading rapidly and immediately firefighters and law enforcement arrived. Sutton stood there with wet on his face from the heat of the fire and the anxiety from the cops being their. The cops started looking around, and discovered his still operation, read Sutton his Miranda rights, and hauled him to jail. The old man appeared before the judge, received a fine and was put on probation; But instantaneously as he returned home he went right back to doing what he loved; making

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