Follow-up Investigation witnessed in York County, Maine

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Two freinds and myself were camping in a small open area on the bank of the Saco river in late summer. We had all gotten up early and were just hanging out around the site, fly casting, etc. We all seemed to feel a little restless and decided to go for a walk down the snowmobile trail that ran through the woods, roughly parallel to the river. The path wound around through the trees out toward a point of land that jutted out into the river and crossed through a large open field. We'd been walking for about ten minutes and were in an area that was fairly densely wooded and with lots of scrub bushes when suddenly, off to the right, we heard an enormous crashing through the trees. When I turned, I caught a flash of bright orange-red moving through the trees, very quickly, then total silence. We all stood looking into the trees, trying to figure out what had made all that noise. I stood on tiptoe to peer down into the brush, as the ground beside the trail was a goo d three feet lower tha...