It’s a Sad Day when a Man Can’t Wear a Chicken Suit at 1:30 a.m. to get a Beverage

From the APWire:

WATERVILLE, Maine — A store clerk became alarmed early this morning after a very tall person wearing sandals and a full-length, yellow chicken suit walked into the Irving Blue Canoe store on Kennedy Memorial Drive, police said.

The person reportedly entered the store and just stood there for a few moments without speaking, then began walking toward the beverage coolers.

When a clerk asked the person to remove the chicken mask, the person placed his hands on the mask, pulling it down as if to say, “I’m not taking off my mask,” said Waterville Deputy Police Chief Charles Rumsey.

The incident unfolded just before 1:30 a.m., police said. The clerk noticed a red car driving around the parking lot. The person in the chicken suit got out of the car and the car sped away, temporarily out of sight.

The clerk told police the chicken person stood about 6 feet, 4 inches tall, with brown sandals and blue jeans visible beneath the feathers.

After the encounter with the clerk, the chicken person quickly walked out of the store and got back into the red car, which drove off toward Oakland.

A man who answered the phone at the Blue Canoe later this morning said he was not allowed to comment on the incident.

This is about as close to racial profiling as it gets in Maine I guess. I mean, clearly this gentleman was drumming up advertisement for the new KFC set to be built across the street at Mardens Surplus Store. I don’t see the harm.

Also, what can the man answering the phone to comment on the story really say? "Um, yeah, a dude came in. He got a Mt. Dew, a bag of Muncho's and a microwaivable burrito. I think it was a beef burrito, but do not quote me on that. And oh yeah, he had a chicken suit on."

But, I guess that’s I can not complain, for without these stories, there would be no “Only in Maine” blog.