Robert “Bob” Merski, a Pennsylvania State Representative from Erie, has been posting in online forums about penis enlargement and young boys for more than 20 years. He used different names, including “higherone,” “Gary,” and sometimes even his real name.
The whistleblower website BobMerski.org shows that these accounts can be tied to Bob Merski because the details written in the posts match his real life, complete with screenshots of his online activity.
- Location: On the MattersOfSize.com forum (the site associated with the Facebook Group where Bob uses his real name), the user “higherone” said he was from Erie, PA. Bob is from Erie. In other forums, such as PEGym and ThundersPlace, the user also said he was from Pennsylvania or Western Pennsylvania.
- Job: The user said he was a teacher in western PA. Bob was a teacher in Erie and Corry schools, and at Cathedral Prep.
- Education: The user said he went to an all-boys Catholic high school. Bob graduated from Cathedral Prep, which is an all-boys Catholic school. The user also said he was in graduate school in the early 2000s, which coincides with the same years Bob Merski was attending grad school. In a September 8, 2012 post on PEGym, the user created a thread asking what university others attended, and said he attended Gannon. At the time, Bob was in fact attending grad school at Gannon (but did not graduate).
- Family:
- The user wrote a testimonial under the fictional alias “Gary” with the online username “higherone,” and in other posts said his father was a hunter and a cop. Bob’s father is Robert Gary Merski, who was county sheriff in Erie. Bob’s use of his father’s middle name as an alias points to his disturbing infatuation with father-son penile bonding.
- The user talked about having a stepmother 10 years younger than his dad. Bob’s stepmother Carrie is about 10 years younger than his father.
- In 2003, the user said he was 28 years old with a 51-year-old father and a 22-year-old brother. Those ages matched Bob (who was 28 at the time), his brother Greg (who was 22 at the time), and his father Robert G. Merski (who was 51 at the time.
- In a Sept 20, 2009 thread the user started on PEGym, titled “Sex in your parents house,” the user stated he was “the oldest,” which is true of Bob Merski.
- Fatherhood: In the penis enlargement Facebook Group, Bob’s account started talking about having a son around 2015. That matches around the time (2014-2015) when Bob’s real-life son was born. In older posts he speaks about “sons” figuratively as he tries to sell others on his father-son penile bonding obsession. In one post, the user mentions how he isn’t close with his father, which is true of Bob and his dad, that is why you don’t see his father with him at most of his community or campaign events.
- Community activity: Bob used his real name and real Facebook account in a private Facebook group tied to the same penis-enlargement websites where he posted under the username “higherone.” In the Facebook group, other local men make a January 2025 comment saying that Bob Merski has been part of the group “since the beginning” which is further evident by Bob’s posts going back more than a decade under his real name.
- The Name? The username Bob Merski chose, “higherone,” could possibly be derived from the company HigherOne which provided financial services to college students at the time Merski attended graduate school, though it could just represent Bob’s faith or desire to be in a position of authority.
- Personal Details:
- On the PhalloBoards.info penis enlargement forum, the user “higherone75” was active there. Bob Merski was born in 1975. The user was created on April 16, 2025 which is around the same time Bob stopped posting in the Matters Of Size groups.
- Under all usernames on all platforms, Bob notes the original size of his penis to the size he claims he has gained from manual stretching exercises over the years starting at Bone Pressed Length of 5″ long x 4.45″ girth (where a ruler is pressed against the pubic bone) and Bone Pressed Erect Length at 7.25″ long x 5.25″ girth. On another platform in 2010, TheBioHacker.com (formerly PEGym where his testimonial was posted), a user says that he sold “higherone” a penis pump, and another user thanked higherone for telling him to “stay dedicated and consistent” which demonstrates Bob Merski may have been active on even more online platforms.
- Relationships: On April 1, 2010, the user created a thread in PEGym writing:
- “My buddy broke up with his girlfriend a couple of months ago after dating for 2 years and being on and off for another half of a year. My buddy and I used to be real tight, but the past couple of years I probably have seen him six or seven times. He still calls me his best friend though, which brings me to my dilemma. I Facebooked his ex girlfriend just to see what she’s up to and how she’s doing last week. We’ve been texting ever since, and went out on a date Tuesday and went running together yesterday. She’s an amazing girl. Great job, intelligent, sexy, and a heart of gold. I think she’s interested (she wouldn’t have gone on the date or called me to run with her if she wasn’t a little bit). We talked about things and basically we don’t want to hurt her ex but we want to see where this will lead, as “friends first”. She doesn’t want to be “that girl” and I don’t blame her because people talk. The thing is my city isn’t big and when you can find someone who has no kids and a good job, plus good looking, you have to jump on it. I need advice guys.” (notice the comment about the city not being that big, which is true of Erie)
- “They’ve been broken up about two months. He hasn’t even told me they broke up yet. The problem is he’s a closet alcoholic (a bottle of Captain every day and a half) and I think that’s why we don’t hang out much anymore and a big part of why they broke up. I’m reluctant to talk to him because right now there really isn’t anything going on. We’re just hanging out as friends. She and I both said he’ll be pissed, just like she would be if he started dating her friend. Neither of us want to hurt him, but we also want to see where this is headed. We’re clearly interested in each other. I think talking to him at this point would be sabotaging any chance I have with her.”
- A Secret That Has Been Getting Out: Many men (including high schoolers) in the Erie area have been propositioned by Bob Merski to join his penis enlargement group. What’s more, the founder of the MattersOfSize.com web forum has been ill due to self-admitted meth-related issues, and Bob’s accounts in both the Facebook group (under his real name) and in the online forum (as higherone) has been posting to provide updates on his wellbeing. Bob has served as an administrator for the site for years.
- Sick Fascination: In every forum, the user associated with Bob Merski asks consistently and fervently in 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 about “helping your male child” and penis enlargement, saying that 12 and 13 is not too young because it’s about “maturity” of the child.”
So in short:
The usernames (“higherone,” “Gary,” and “Bob Merski”) posted details about his location, job, school, and family in connected online sites and forums that line up with the real-life biography of State Rep. Robert E. Merski (PA-2). Under these accounts, Bob Merski has spent decades posting disturbing comments about how he believes 12 and 13 year old boys should begin penis enlargement, as long ago as 2003 and as recently as 2022, though remaining active through 2025.
Bob did take a brief break from the Matters of Size Brotherhood Lounge Facebook Group in January, 2025, when law enforcement contacted him about his interactions with an underage boy he had just met locally.
Is Bob’s son safe? How many young people has he tried to groom when he was a teacher and elected official? How much does his wife, local attorney Emily Mosco Merski, know and condone about his behavior?