At 92 feet, Moxie Falls along Moxie Stream in Moxie Gore is Maine's highest waterfall in Maine. I happened to be there on the 4th anniversary date of the death of a man who died there saving a friend.
"Man tries to save friend in waterfall, dies
MOXIE GORE, Maine (AP)
An Oakland man was apparently trying to save his female companion when he was swept to his death over one of Maine's steepest waterfalls, authorities said yesterday afternoon. The Maine Warden Service said Garth Coon, 39, died Friday afternoon at the scene of the accident at Moxie Falls, east of the Kennebec River in a thickly wooded area near the Forks. Coon and his companion, Carol Gordon, 34, of Oakland were swimming in Moxie Stream when Gordon apparently got caught in the current 10 or 15 feet from the drop-off, Lieutenant Pat Dorian said. ''She realized she was in trouble and hollered to him," Dorian said. ''He attempted to save her from going over the edge." Witnesses said the two apparently fell onto a ledge three-quarters of the way down the falls, which drop 92 feet. Gordon was flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where she was being treated for multiple fractures."
RIP, Garth Coon.