I think I can say this comes from all of us up here in CT, this was a horrible thing that happened. We had a saying up here that John had nine lives, none of us saw this coming and he will be missed. Not a day goes by when driving by that corner house that I dont think of him still living there, fooling around in his garage, always tinkering. John was a very smart man although not many got to see it, he could fix anything, he could talk for hours about anything at all. I still remember the day he told me he managed to hook up his bb gun to the air compressor (I couldnt have figured it out) I laughed though. The talks we had were long and full of thought, I called him a genius many times because I never in my life had seen a mind that could do the things he could. John never held a grudge, you could be mad at him one night and he would show up the next morning at your doorstep, he would always apologize for his wrong doing and no one could stay mad. John had been searching for a long time for that someone, I am very happy he found someone to love him and make him happy.
John, we miss you and all the things you managed to get yourself into. You are some one we still talk about often, everyone has got a story about you and they tell them. Your name will be forever in the hills. You may have never wanted yourself to be a legend, but you are in your own way up here.
