Bigfooter Mike Sells Dies
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 13th, 2007
Mike Sells, his wife Sandy, and Tom Biscardi.
Bigfooter Michael Monroe Sells died at 1:23 a.m. on Saturday November 10, 2007, at his residence after a long battle with cancer. He was 55 years old.
Mike Sells was an associate of Robert Dominguez and Tom Biscardi. Sells found tracks around his property, and throughout Lamar County, Texas. He was most recently involved with Biscardi’s publicized searching around Paris, Texas.
From his memorial tribute, this information is shared:
“Mike was born September 4, 1952 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a son of Sgt. Henry Monroe and Wanda Yvonne New Sells. He later moved with his family to Wichita Falls, where he completed High School. He attended Midwestern State University and Paris Junior College. Until his illness prevailed he was an electrician for Kimberly-Clark in Paris, but his favorite lifelong avocation was his music. An excellent guitarist and songwriter, he played in numerous bands and enjoyed giving of himself to others by performing in benefit concerts—especially those helping children. A student of archaeology, he had a keen sense of the American Indian and their history as well as a deep knowledge of their artifacts. He enjoyed making bows, arrows and knives and sharing his talents with others. He was a friend of the Ancient Ones.
On August 5, 1975 he married Sandra Kay Kampstra in Dalton, Wisconsin.”
Condolences may be left for the family online here.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
This is sad, my condolences to his family. Is it just me or does there seem to be some kind of weird curse on alot of people who search for cryptids? Patterson, Krantz, Greenwell. Not to mention people still with us (thankfully) who have been seriously ill (Green, Godfrey, to name a few). Loren, can you enlighten me, or am I reaching too far?
Another loss…..
sad news
hey loren & everyone this is a very big loss for the bigfoot research groups of the passing of researcher mike sells. but he is up in heavin now. i will praying for his family i hope you all do the same. thanks bill green 🙁
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One more down. I’m sure all of us are feeling for his family and loved ones, and wish them the best.
My condolences. Another loss. God bless him and his grieving family.
This is a shame. why do the good die young?
This is a loss for cryptozoologists everywhere. My condolescenses
for his family and friend
Mike was a very good friend from long, long ago, but I loved him like a brother and I’m heart’broken his gone!.
My condolences to his family & Sandy. He’ll be missed by everyone that knew & loved him. I know I do aready & it’s been a long time seen I’ve seen him.
Thank you & sorry about Mike,
James West.