Cryptids and UFOs in Maine

Creatures reported in Maine

Old Nedaka Lake Utopia monster, Lake Utopia serpentA whale-like creature said to live in Lake Utopia, New Brunswick, near the Bay of Fundy.

Famous cases

1. 1908Schooner crew reports a sea serpent in the Bay of Fundy
   Old Ned · Cutler, Maine

UFO files

• 96 US Air Force Project Blue Book files from Maine, 1947 to 1969
• 3 FAA pilot reports of lights and objects over Maine, 2007 to 2024
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Encounters and mysteries

• The Allagash abductionsEagle Lake, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine, USA, 1976Four canoeists in the Maine woods saw a glowing sphere; years later, under hypnosis, they described being taken aboard.

From the old newspapers

Strange creatures, sea serpents and mystery airships reported in Maine papers before 1927.

1. 1896Minot's wild man
   Minot
2. 1897The steamer Shark meets a 100-foot serpent
   Boothbay Harbor
3. 1899A serpent blamed for the vanished menhaden
   Bremen
4. 1901A 90-minute look at a serpent off Mark Island
   Camden
5. 1909Bowdoinham's ghost house and phantom light
   Bowdoinham

All 5 newspaper reports from Maine

Places to visit

• International Cryptozoology MuseumBangorLoren Coleman's famous collection of cryptid casts, replicas and pop-culture oddities. After years at Thompson's Point in Portland it has been moving into a lar...

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