Comments on: Saco River

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:40:26 +0000

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By: LocalLegend

LocalLegend — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:18:32 +0000

This is an actual local legend. I grew up in the Twin Cities of Biddeford and Saco. I learned to swim at Rotary Park, spent summers jumping off the Black Bridge, Salmon Falls Bridge and cliffs, Pine Street bridge and the roofs of some of the old factory buildings along the river. I heard about the legend when I was a youngster and although I haven’t done research to confirm the actual number of deaths, each year people die in the Saco River it’s a long river that goes all the way to New Hampshire and many people swim and boat in it. It doesn’t surprise me that at least 3 people die in it every year and probably more than that do, there are a lot of potential dangers to the river from fast currents to large trees floating in it to thin ice, not to mention all the cliffs, bridges, and rope swings along it. And people do stupid things. Is the curse for real? Heck yea it is! considering its size and the population around it, its statistically cursed…

By: cindy

cindy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:44:57 +0000

I grew up in Biddeford with the Saco river as my backyard,swimming there every summer since I was like 10 years old.Its a very dangerous river.As with any body of water,caution is needed when swimming.I can remember hearing about this curse and always took care when going in the river.I know of numerous drownings over the years and there hasn’t been a year when someone did not died in that river.I knew some of the people who did.Is it because the river is cursed? Who will ever know for sure,but the story behind the curse is true,and the woman that was abducted had a child with her an that is why she fought so hard to get away Back in the summer of 1675, a group of drunken sailors, anchored off the coast of what is now southern Maine came across a young Native American mother in a canoe with her child.There had been tales circulating around that an Indian baby could swim from birth, so the sailors decided to put this to the test. They captured the canoe, took the baby from the mother and threw him right into the water, where he drowned.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:45:52 +0000

Wow, I did not know this. I raced on that river when I was 11 or 12 years old and was capsized. However, I’m still here.

By: Debbie Tibbetts

Debbie Tibbetts — Wed, 11 May 2011 22:18:12 +0000

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.

By: Smith

Smith — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:47:05 +0000

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.

By: Maryann

Maryann — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:32:37 +0000

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 …

By: Sarah Wells

Sarah Wells — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:43:25 +0000

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.

By: Alya

Alya — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:16:09 +0000

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

By: Sarah Wells

Sarah Wells — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:46:52 +0000

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.