TIMES RECORD • October 3, 2025
Wednesday afternoon, Matthew Alexander, 31, of Topsham, shot a few ducks while standing on an embankment and went to retrieve them in the coastal mudflat of Maquoit Bay. “I crossed that area 101 times at this point, but I must have misstepped. You know, it felt solid, and it felt solid, and then I hit one spot and it sucked me under,” Alexander said. He suddenly realized he was being pulled under the mud. He couldn’t move to make his way back to shore — and the more he struggled, the deeper he sank. Alexander was able to find his phone in his waders and dial 9-1-1. Brunswick Police Department officers responded in an airboat. It took two officers to pull and break the suction in order to free Alexander and get him on the airboat. The ducks were later retrieved.