I have been going to the saco river every year and nobody evr dies but my cousin was swimming and he started drownding and he almost died but luckly my dad jumped in and saved him and nobody got hurt so from then on my family has not gone all these years.

Whatever….not true never happens !!!!

Yes, there is a real folk legend of the Saco River, but the above story is pretty much wrong. To get the true story of the curse I suggest you go to ‘The Saco River Journey’ an on-line intro to the Saco. And yes, many folks have parished in that river over the years, and coincidently or otherwise, some years it is “three” people! I live by the New Hampshire border, by the Saco and a lot of old timers in this region of Maine feel very strongly about the Saco River Curse. It is a little creepy- I won’t go near it, nor will I let my kids go in it if I can help it!

i want to see proof

WOW Dude radical oh yeah you must be a real genius to make this website it better not be fake because i believe it!!

Theres a story just like that down in utah! this story its said that a woman takes kids that are by the river and pushes them down in… im not sure if its true.. but one of my friends when she when down she felt as something was pushing her into the river..the story is mainly about a woman that had kids and when they didnt behave she would drowned them to teach them a lesson.. so one day the kids drowned her cuz they were getting tired of her … any questions my email is Sweetcherrysuki@yahoo.com

I grew up in the area and have been aware of the curse for years. I know personally one person that drowned when I was in school eons ago and having been away 25 yrs I don’t know what’s been going on, but when I was living there, 3+ people did die every year. The curious thing is, the above legend hasn’t changed any over the many years since I first heard it.

I lived in Portland, Maine for a number of years and have swam in the Saco River in the Buxton, Bar Mills, and Saco area. It is true! Check the local papers and news archives.

Check: http://www.outdoors.mainetoday.com/canoeing/020814riverdiary.shtml

That Legend is true it was like seven or eight years ago I was seven or eight. Me,my mom, my moms friend denise,her daughter shanon ,my friend anber and i think her mom kim. We all went swimming down there and we were in like the little pool and it has a stream that goes in the river.Well we were swimming all of us kids and we were joking around and playing shanon and amber and, kim went to go get lunch out of the car and i was there in the pool by myself my mom and denise was laying out in the sun!And all of A sudden I was going down stream in the river and this guy yells hey is that your kid my mom not thinking grab me by my hair and pulled me out! Since then we haven’t swam or even been down there since so yes the legend is true!!!!

I grew up in the Fryeburg area, which the Saco runs and yes the curse is very much true. In my years of living there, there were several deaths due to the river. The current that runs is very unpredictable. One minute you could be in a foot of water and the next a few inches. You just never know. Two summers ago I took my young son swimming in the Saco by Canal Bridge Campground, Fryeburg and he started to go under. I luckily pulled him to safety and then myself was dragged under. I was never so terrified of drowning in the Saco until that moment. I thank God that there were two men near by that pulled me to safety. So, for those of you who do not believe, trust me, it’s a powerful river when it wants to be.

yes it is very true i live on the river in steep falls limington area have lived in buxton hollis cornish areas also been on the river my whole life it is no joke !!!! she is very very mysterious!

britany how do u know have u checked?omg there seem to be 3 bodies floating on that river! yeah rite!

if people want proof check the death records of people that have parished in the saco river!!! i lived in the biddeford saco area my entire life and a couple people that died there happen to be friends of mine…..

yeah rite how can i check death records when i live in jersey CI?

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Well, I would like everyone out of state to know, that yes, there are usually at least three deaths per year on the Saco River – but consider, this is an extremely long river that travels way up into the state, and with all the people that swim in it every year, there are bound to be that many drownings. One happened right where we live on the river, near the mouth in Biddeford, when a 10 year old boy jumped off a bridge and struck himself on the bottom. His body was found right on the edge of our property, about 2 years before we moved here from New Hampshire. Accidents happen, especially when dealing with a river versus a lake. This river is very dangerous in the spring when the snow is melting, and we have had several floods as a result. Not the result of some curse, just human nature to at times take stupid risks.

This is all true. People who disagree obviously have not been around the area for long. 3 white males DO die every year in the saco river. If ou don’t believe us… do the research and check out the statistics.

Yes i have lived in biddeford maine and the story is true i have had 2 friends that had died there in a row.

I moved to Maine in 1999 and just recently left in 2006, My son still lives in Biddeford Maine. In the entire time that we lived in Maine there had been three deaths each year, coincidentally I do believe they were all white males. Whether it is due to the Native American curse or just human stupidity remains to be seen but I can tell you that newspaper research will support this “Urban Legend”