Rumford is not very far away from here. I stopped there on my way to Dartmouth last fall. I drive alongside the Androscoggin River on my way to Dixfield. It's a scenic drive. I'm glad someone was able to take care of this problem before it took away from the scenery and before it created a really bad stench. There was actually an article last week lamenting the problem and the fact that there didn't seem to be a solution. Hurray for public works employees who go above and beyond! The headline to this story tells it all.
Town breathes easier: Bull carcass removed
RUMFORD -- A public works crew in Rumford has retrieved the bloated carcass of a bull that had floated down the Androscoggin River and over a waterfall before landing on some boulders weeks ago.
Crewman Dan Peare told the Sun Journal of Lewiston that he convinced his bosses that he and fellow crewmen could and should remove the animal before warm weather arrived for the weekend.
On Wednesday, Peare climbed down the river bank and attached a rope to the bull's legs. They then pulled the 800- to 900-pound Hereford up the bank with a bucket loader, lifted it into a dump truck and buried it behind the town garage.
The animal was first spotted in early April when it went over the falls and landed in a seemingly unreachable position atop a rock pile about 100 feet below the top of the river bank.
retrieved 4/23/09 from http://updates.mainetoday.com/updates/town-breathes-easier-bull-carcass-removed
