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  • Tarboxer of Maine

    The 1819 blizzard deaths of Samuel Tarbox and his wife became so iconic that fierce storms in the region were remembered as ‘real tarboxers.’

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  • South Portland 1946 UFO of Maine

    A Bangor Daily News/WGME survey of Maine UFO reports highlighted a 1946 South Portland case in which a hovering dark oval was seen over the sea and then shot straight upward out of sight.

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  • Wessie the Giant Snake of Maine

    A 2016 wave of reports described an enormous snake along the river in Westbrook; a later shed skin fueled the legend, though biologists suggested an illegally released pet python or anaconda.

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