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Colonel Buck’s Cursed Tomb

Bucksport, ME

A strange boot- or foot-shaped stain marks the monument of Colonel Jonathan Buck, the founder for whom Bucksport was named. Local legend claims the mark is tied to a curse involving an executed witch, although the story is folklore rather than documented history.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: Roadside America

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