Big bird on water is mystery, but US town calls it just ducky

BELFAST: The sudden appearance of a giant rubber duck in a Maine harbor is a whimsical whodunit that’s defied sleuths so far.


The yellow waterfowl emblazoned with the word “joy” appeared in

Belfast Harbor

over the weekend, and it’s a mystery who put it there.

Harbor Master

Katherine Given

told the

Bangor Daily News

that the 25-foot-tall (7 1/2 meter) duck doesn’t pose a navigational hazard, so there’s no rush to shoo it away.

“Everybody loves it,” Given said. “I have no idea who owns it, but it kind of fits Belfast. A lot of people want to keep it here.”

Judy Herman

, of Bala Cynwyd,

Pennsylvania

, stopped to snap photos on Tuesday.

“It’s wonderful,” she told

New England Cable News

. “Who would expect to see a duck in the middle of the water here?”