THE METEORITE OF WITCH HOLE POND

WITCH HOLE POND - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

I know, this is not an abandoned trail or anywhere close, but still, this story is rich with history and leaves one begging for answers.  Like where is this fairly large meteorite located today, is it still on display on a shelf at the Jesup Memorial Library, or does it lie in storage in a back room with no one knowing what it is today?  And where is this ledge which is located by Witch Hole Pond?  There is one section of ledge right by the waters edge, was that the ledge where the meteorite lay hidden for so long?  My gut tells me that is the ledge, since it is the only section of ledge close to the waters edge and there are woods all around that ledge.  Another burning question, in their excitement to remove the one large piece of meteorite, was other pieces left behind, still buried in the dirt by the ledge, I am sorry but the pirate in me looks at this as lost treasure just waiting to be found.  Anyways, here is the story as it appeared in the Bar Harbor Times back in the year of 1920...enjoy.

METEORITE DISCOVERED NEAR WITCH HOLE POND
BAR HARBOR TIMES
Nov. 10, 1920

History Of The Mount Desert Meteorite Or Shooting Star

Probably the meteorite was orginally part of a star or planet that exsisted and was destroyed untold ages in the past and this fragment, (71 1/2 pounds) at that time much larger, was shot off into space in the direction of the earth and continued to travel  towards it for millions of years till it came within the influence of the Earth's gravitation, when it continued to approach the Earth at a constantly increasing velocity till at the time it reached the Earth's atmosphere it was traveling at such a terrific speed that the friction of the air as it flew through same it caused to burst into flame and form a shooting star, which eventually fell on Mount Desert Island at Witch Hole and burned itself in the soft Earth until it struck a rock ledge where it remained almost completely covered by the ground till October 1919, when came men who were at work digging up stones in the woods to place on the submerged paths around Witch Hole Pond dug it up and were about to use it for a stepping stone, when Mr. Llewellyn Berry, who was present at the time, recognized it as a meteorite and it was laid aside in the woods, where it remained all the following Winter and Spring.
During the present summer it was arranged with Mr. Albert Eugene Gallatin to have the meteorite placed in the Jesus Memorial Library and accordingly Mr. Ernesto G. Fabbri, who had also seen it in the woods, accompanied by Mr. Berry, brought it out slung on a pole and placed it in the library, where, let us hope, it has at last found a permanent resting place after all its millions of miles of incessant travel through space.

WITCH HOLE POND
Acadia National Park