It’s Impossible To Forget The 8 Weirdest Moments That Have Gone Down In Maine History
Maine is gorgeous, fun and full of things to do as the weather warms up. While we love giving activity recommendations, today we’re taking a break from telling you how to enjoy Maine. Today, we’re suggesting that you just appreciate Maine for the wacky, weird place it is. These are some of the weirdest things to happen in Maine and, honestly, we’re so grateful we can call them ours!
The Merrill Auditorium offered the opportunity for Maine voters to exercise their civic duty, which presumably caused one politically inclined citizen so much excitement that they left without their teeth. No word on whether the rightful owner has stepped forward, but it seems there has already been one false claim.
The plane involved in the longest hijack ever was heading from Los Angeles to San Francisco before the hijacker took it on a trip to Italy. Along the 6,900-mile journey, he stopped for fuel in Denver, New York, Maine and Ireland.
Angus King implored the emoji-making company to create a lobster emoji. When they agreed he thanked them "for recognizing the impact of this critical crustacean, in Maine and across the country." The emoji comes out in June!
This just might be the best thing on this list! The man, Asher A. Woodworth, was dressed as the tree to see how the public would react. The arrest came after he refused orders to leave a public, congested intersection. We wonder if there was anyone PINING away for him while he waited to post his $60 bail.
In 2014, Meghan LaPlante and her father, Jay, pulled a blue lobster out of a pot off Pine Point in Scarborough. But, the story has a happy, animal-friendly ending! The rare lobster was given the name "Skylar" and donated to the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor. BUT! That wasn't the last wacky lobster catch of the year. A few weeks later, the same lobsterman caught two albino lobsters off the coast of Maine. Guess there might be gold in them there seas!
Christopher Knight was arrested in 2013 after a life of larceny in the woods. He claims to have only spoken to one person in this time and, more remarkably, not paid for anything since the 1980s. Did he look like this? Doubtful, but human hermits don't allow themselves to be photographed all that often.
Our hunch is that she's not the one who got arrested.
An 8-to-9-foot snakeskin was found in August 2016 near the Presumpscot River in Westbrook. Experts believe it came from an anaconda, which isn't native to Maine. The snake become known, lovingly, as "Wessie," Unfortunately (or furnutately?) there's a good chance that Wessie didn't survive the winter. Here's hoping she's in a better (warmer) place now.
If you do anything on the internet today, please make sure it’s watching this video of the Portland tree man being led into police custody:
Living in Maine means some wonderfully wacky news, but it also means some important life lessons. Like these!
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