Damariscotta

Police in the tiny midcoast Maine community of- ...

Damariscotta said that they received about half a dozen calls Tuesday reporting Bigfoot or Sasquatch-like figure seen walking around town.

And like, all right, they have a photo.

It's got a hat on.

Okay.

Um, all right.

Was it Bigfoot or just a man? Police in the tiny mid-coast Maine of community of Damariscotta said they received about half a dozen...

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So I came across this story and it made me laugh.

So there's a town in Maine, I have no idea if I'm saying this correctly, Damariscotta?

Mm-hmm.

Damariscotta? Something like that.

So they got a bunch of calls about Bigfoot wandering around town.

[laughs]

Zucchini bread anyone? A Maine woman has broken the North American and US record for zucchini growing.

The Maine Pumpkin Growers Association says that Sarah Whitty of Damariscotta, Maine, grew the 170-pound giant marrow zucchini she named Secretariat.

It not only proved to be a winner this year, but it came in seven pounds heavier than the previous US record of 152 pounds.

It also survived last week's nor'easter.

Um, well, going up the coast is always great.

The mid coast, um, Damariscotta, Georgetown, um, that whole neck of the woods.

It's not mid coast, mid coast.

I mean, Maine is huge and I haven't been to parts of it.

Ooh, okay.

By the way, I had Damariscotta oysters.

Now, they're the best oysters in New England.

If you ever get a chance and you find those on a menu, Damariscotta, and there's an area in Maine down by the water, and those are the best oysters you will have.

Now, I love...

Now, there's some Kumamotos that I love from, uh, you know, the West Coast, Pacific Northwest.

The Damariscotta oysters, had those last night.

Two dozens.

But I did find that after that summer, I... traveled to Maine, and was interested in wooden boat building, and eventually was in Machiasport when I was working for the Outward Bound School, but never really quite got free to go visit Bill.

But it wasn't until 2003 that I finally got to meet Bill, and he was in Damariscotta, Maine, where I was I had moved to Maine and was living in Bristol, Maine, which is very close to Damariscotta.

And he was doing a book signing at the local bookshop in the village of Damariscotta.

And that evening, he needed a place to stay.

And one of the board members brought him down to the carpenter's boat shop where I was working and living for him to spend the night.

And like we gotta get you-

I've been to Damariscotta before.

It's beautiful.

I'm not going in winter.

And then you're also close to Pemaquid Lighthouse, which is really beautiful.

Damariscotta, great restaurants.

We even managed to kill some time at Renny's when we were [laughs] it was rainy.

So just thumbs up to Maine, and if I do win the lottery, I will be buying a home there.

After receiving an unusually high number of calls, a local police department in Maine conducted a lengthy, exhaustive, and completely serious investigation.

The Damariscotta Police Department released their official findings.

Bigfoot isn't real.

Apparently, the Damariscotta cops had received word of a very large and hairy individual roaming around town, but when they located and contacted said individual, they realized that the mysterious creature was, in fact, a man in a costume.

Case closed.

And actually, this isn't the first Bigfoot debunking news we've shared with y'all this year.

Back in March, episode 461 to be exact, we talked about a documentary that debunked one of the most famous Sasquatch sightings in history, footage from 1967 that was recorded in the Pacific Northwest.

It's a dismal year for Bigfoot believers.