Bigfoot in Maine

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

The dark woods of Maine have been the setting for many eerie and unexplained events, none more captivating than sightings of a giant hominid known as Bigfoot. But what makes this corner of New England such a perfect place for this cryptid to live? Learn about the ecology and geography that support the legend and meet the people forever changed by close encounters with it. From previously unpublished eyewitness accounts to modern-day media portrayals, author and illustrator Michelle Souliere presents this detailed history of the phenomenon and folklore that has lurked in shadows for generations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467147484
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/24/2021
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	679,696
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Michelle Souliere is an author and artist who lives in Portland, Maine, where she graduated from the Maine College of Art. She owns the Green Hand Bookshop, where you can find her most of the time. Her home is shared with her husband, Tristan Gallagher, and their two cats, Meep and Mr. Biscuits. Her work (both written and drawn) is driven by curiosity and inspired by Maine history, the Maine landscape and how we respond to it. Her work as editor of the Strange Maine Gazette and its companion blog gave rise to her first book, which was published in 2010, Strange Maine: True Tales from the Pine Tree State. Since that time, she has been working on Bigfoot in Maine whenever she can, traveling around the state and interviewing eyewitnesses for this book. You can buy her books from her at greenhandbookshop.com.

Table of Contents

Disclaimer: Watch Your Step, Please! 7

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction Loren Coleman 15

Part I Laying the Groundwork

1 The Hypothesis: Criteria for Habitation 23

2 A Note about Native Tribal Traditions 30

3 Historical Encounters through 1950: No Stranger to These Woods 32

Part II Eyewitness Testimony (Chronological)

4 Talking with Eyewitnesses 45

5 Suzy-Hairy Man: A Childhood Encounter 49

6 Tammy Sairio-The Durham Gorilla: A Menagerie of Mystery and the Curse of Infamy 54

7 Mike Ledbury: Neighbors out of National Geographic 70

8 Janelle Graf: A Family History of Encounters 81

9 Lynne Collett: Something Watching in the Woods 94

10 John Hawkins: In the Path of Something Big 99

11 John Doe (Aroostook County): Nighttime Visitor 102

12 John Doe (Penobscot County): A Brief Startling Encounter 106

13 The Dunphys: Across the River and into the Woods 110

14 Hannah Holbrook: Out of the Sudden Silence 114

15 Stephen Lombardo Jr.: A Bad Accident, or Something out of the X-Files 117

16 Matthew Maxcy: Jaywalking Nightmare 123

17 Tyler and Natasha: Late-Night Surprise, a Double Whammy 128

18 Jeff Kaine: How to Stampede a Fisherman 135

19 Jeff Robertson: Disappearing Rocks and Nocturnal Bandits 139

20 Roger Lane: Strange Tracks and Stranger Sounds 144

21 Dan Soucy: Noisy Shadows at Sunset 148

22 Kathy: It Made No Effort to Run or Hide 151

23 Dave: Surprise Family Visit and Other Encounters 155

Part III Additional Context, Curiosities and Conclusions

24 Maine Bigfoot Investigators 163

25 Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot in Maine 168

26 Oddities and Hoaxes: A Mélange of Mysteries, Some Solved 171

27 An Overview and Some Open-Ended Conclusions 178

Notes 181

Bibliography and Additional Reading 187

Index 189

About the Author 191