The real Saco Curse is about the a sachem of the Sokokis tribe named Squandro whose son Menewee was thrown into the river by three white english sailors. The boys mother pulled him from the river but he died shortly after. Squandro mourned for three days then cursed the river, commanding the spirits to “claim 3 lives a year until all white men had fled its banks.” Every year until the mid 1940′s it has sometimes even more. I think the curse still holds because some bodies probably have never been found since it is a big river. I cant wait for our camping trip to Saco this weekend!

This story is true, stupid *******.
Read the newspaper, or ask your parents to sound it out for you.

my dad fell asleep in the river and almost got pulled down still alive and my cosin almost got pulled down when he was younger put he was saved by my gramps on my moms side

I’m a Maine resident who lives on the Saco River. The story is 75% wrong. Some white sailers intercepted a skuaw with a baby. They wanted to test the notion that indian babies could swim at birth so they took the baby(named Menewee) from her and trew it in the river. The mother dove in and rescued her baby but it died that night from pnemonia. The skuaw was married to a cheif named Squandro. He placed the curse on the river that 3 whites would die untill the whites left the land. Only one year has gone by without at least three drownings.

hey ummmm i always thought the story went that 3 children of white men would die every 7 years, not just 3 people every year???? idk. who knows if its true, guess u gotta reasearch it. makes for a good story thogh.

i live a mile away and two years ago a man died in the saco river

I had lived in the Fryburg area for over 30 years andyes thestory is
true. three or more people seem to drown on the saco every year. This is a story that never changes from one generation to the next.

I blame the Jews

I knew a kid that once drowned in their 11 years old. very sad. I cant recall if anyones drowned in their recently since then.

check yourselves, seriously, check yourself. Look up deaths in the saco river by year, there is not one year that less than three people have died in it.

I live in Kennebunk and have been to the Saco River plenty of times. One thing the story above forgot to mention is the fact that it’s only white people that are killed each year. As far as I know, there are around 3 deaths a year there so I think it’s legit.

I can tell you first hand that in the 25 years I have been alive that at least 3 people have died every single year on the Saco River. I believe the curse is real. But anyone who has said that it’s not true at all need to check their facts because like I said 3 people have died every single year. Some of those deaths are because of their own stupidity but never the less it still fits the curse.

Ummm… I live in Biddeford, the neighboring city to saco. I drive over the bridge connecting Saco and Biddeford that runs directly over the Saco River almost daily. the last time someone died there was 19 ninety something.

i’m not sure if the curse is true or not but i belive! i’ve lived near the river my entire life and i’m the fith generation in my family to have lived hear. the river dosen’t just take white males nor do you have to enter into it’s waters for it to take you. i’ve known people to be just sitting beside it eating a picnic and choke to death. i’ve known people to be in 1′ of water in a canoe and it flips over and they hit their heads and die. i’ve also heard of a bunch of people swimming together and a rock rolls over and traps someone under water until they drown and then lets them go. this actualy happened to real people that i know! i’m not going into that river anytime soon nor are my children!

I live in Saco and know that people die in the Saco river quite often. I wanted to stop young kids jumping off a bridge one day a few years ago. I should have. One of them drowned. Some guy with a woman drove down Lincoln St., across Route 1 and into the river a couple Januarys ago. Took weeks to find the mans body.
I don’t know about the entire Saco river, but there seem to be plenty of deaths right here in town.

I do not think that can happen. I think that is just a hoax and I don’t believe that it is true.

Let me know how I can get a hold of you Alya and I’ll tell you when the next one goes in. I forgot about the guy sitting on the train bridge last year. He fell in and died as well.

This is true. Every year three people die. I am from Saco and still live in Saco/Biddeford. Go over the bridge on pine st. There are crosses and flower wreaths with young boys names on them. My children were friends with a few. There was a huge thing on New Channel 13 out of Portland Maine a boy fell into the river and they were searching for him. So so so many sad stories. Look it up …

Last summer a teenager was hit by a truck on the Salmon Falls Bridge that goes over the Saco River. Sorry to all the families for their losses.

I lived on the saco river most of my life. I lost my 14 year old Brother in the Saco River, He drowned after falling thru the ice while trying to save a dog, which he did but he didnt make it I heard of this curse when I was very young.