Bigfoot sighting was just a man in a costume, Maine police department assures residents
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“Case closed. Bigfoot remains at large… provided he puts his costume back on.”
Courtesy of Rita Blanc
In case you were worried: a Bigfoot sighting in Maine turned out to be simply a man in a costume.
The Damariscotta Police Department received an “unusually high number” of calls regarding “a Sasquatch, Yeti, Bigfoot, or possibly just a very large and hairy individual roaming around town” on Tuesday, the department said on Facebook.
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Following a “lengthy, exhaustive, and completely serious investigation,” the police department determined that Bigfoot is not real.
“We understand this may be disappointing to some. Frankly, there were members of our department who were secretly hoping we had finally stumbled upon something that would make national news,” the post said.
An officer located the creature sitting on Main Street and struck up a conversation with him “rather than immediately placing him under arrest for being suspiciously hairy,” police said.
Officers concluded that “there was no evidence of criminal activity, no indication of anything nefarious afoot, and unfortunately, no groundbreaking discovery of a previously unknown species,” the post said. “Just a guy in a very convincing costume.”
“Case closed. Bigfoot remains at large… provided he puts his costume back on,” the post said.
Although officers didn’t find Bigfoot, they found something equally “rare”: “A town full of people willing to stop what they’re doing to investigate a Bigfoot sighting and keep each other safe,” the department said.
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