Here is the link: http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/127577.html?comment_result=posted#comments-post
Here is an excerpt:
Murray is among those who say they’ve experienced some strange things in Riceville.
“It does mess with people. It has convinced me that there’s something
out there,” Murray said. He said he and other team members experienced
what he described as an optical illusion. They were following a narrow
path through the woods leading to the Brown Farm site, located in the
township’s southwest corner, when the path suddenly vanished from view.
Murray said it was as though an empty corridor through the woods
suddenly filled in with trees.
“It was like something was trying to keep us there,” he said.
Team member Felicia Woodbury, an 18-year-old psychic from Bucksport,
agrees that something supernatural is lurking there. She encountered it
on her first visit to the site in June.
“I sensed there was an accident there,” Woodbury said. “I kept getting
this feeling that this little girl wanted me to follow her,” Woodbury
said. She said she followed her a short way. “She was friendly. She
actually kind of wanted us to play with her.”
Do read more there at the link quite interesting they are finding new stuff on the place every time they go visit.. maybe something for the group to go see as well if they have not all ready! :)
I also have a map here I am going to post along with some pictures cuz who knows how long the stuff will stay up but they actually found more pictures of Riceville and the people working there.. I wonder how they came up with such a name no rice was growing there?? hmm..
Map for Riceville, the town now called Township 39 or in Township 39 I should say..
This is: John Baker, cook at Township 39 tannery, Riceville.
This is: Baker Barn at Township 39 tannery, Riceville.
And this is: Undated photo of a man with equipment at Riceville barn.
Interesting stuff indeed! Anyone has more information please feel free to share ;)
And here is some more information someone made a comment on the article though not to kind.. it still at least gives us MORE possible history on the town and the living residents there.. which I think is awesome! :)
I never knew of any dead bodies, nor did I ever hear of any. The residents simply moved away when there was no more work at the tannery - which existed solely for the tanning of hides, using the tannic acid process. Hemlock bark, which was plentiful in the area, was used to make the liquor in which the hides were soaked. When hemlock became scarce, and the oil tanning process came into use, the tannery was closed.
The large community spring still exists there, I believe. The large pasture on the hill behind the village has long ago grown into woods. At its height, nearly 200 people lived at Riceville. Only the stone foundations of the homes and the tannery's boiler exist today.
Chester C. Buck 99 Blueberry Hill Road, Hyannis, MA 02601
So that helps us understand at least the town a little bit more :) He put his information there at the end of the article.. and I just included it..
But I find this really interesting :) and thought I would post it for those interested in this wonderful article :)
ok my brother and i are on the trail to findind this place. we live in Old Town and also read the article.
there was a fire that it appears nobody died in, there is no mention anywhere of a cholera outbreak, and people just moved back into the OT area after the tannery went away.
i found a book at the library with a composite sketch of what the town looked like and was laid out. there was a school, a bar, the boarding house, a rollerskating ring owned by a Mr Moxie. there were houses along the hillside,
part of the tannery wall still stands today, armed with this info we are heading out tomorrow to take a peak and try to find the cemetery.
there is also a for sale sign on the road leading into Baker Hill would be cool to see if some of the old land of riceville is up for sale.
Awesome Rezpunk I hope you come back with some pictures to share with us..
Interesting it sounds like it was quite the up to date town..
So even after the tannery left there was people living there then after the dates they state the town was left just abandoned..
And people supposedly died off there..
Wish we could of met some of the residents that lived there but I think the last resident of Riceville, Maine died last year or this year... I am not sure.. they were pretty up there in their years too.
So interesting..
We live in Hudson, Maine so we are not too far from you. I hope you will get back with us on your findings though love to hear more and see more from pictures!
OH man can you imagine owning some land in Riceville, Maine?
That would be kewl if people can buy it out I wonder who owns it now if it is state owned or a private person and they are finally selling?
I hope whoever moves near or around there keep the opening opened for people to come through and investigate and no one messes it up for other investigators by partying there and such.. you know? I hate that ruin it for all..
From what I understand, Riceville is just a great big empty field now. It seems to me that the probablity of that happening is fairly high now.
awww okay.. well even if a company was to own it and maybe put something in the field and get it going again somehow would be kewl if they could figure out a way to get there..
Seems it was hard in the olden days hopefully now with our technology that could change.. Still be an interesting place to just look at.. as long as they don't disturb the graves though.. that would not be kewl..
