Barefoot man rescues ducklings from downtown Camden storm drain

MIDCOAST VILLAGER • June 9, 2026

Employees at Buttermilk Kitchen in Camden realized something was wrong Monday morning when a duck kept waddling back and forth across the crosswalk in front of the downtown restaurant amid busy traffic. The duck could be heard quacking loudly above the sound of traffic, as if trying to alert the humans. When Brandon Muggy, Buttermilk’s general manager, poked his head outside, he immediately suspected she was looking for her ducklings. A neighbor named Antonio realized what had happened and returned a few minutes later with supplies. Tearing off his boots and socks — but leaving on his feathered felt hat — he lowered himself into the storm drain, taking a bucket and a rope with him. He retrieved the ducklings one by one — five in all.