The bizarre tale of the world’s last lost tourist, who thought Maine was San Francisco

Annotation by Deane Barker

In 1977, a German tourist accidentally de-planed in Bangor, Maine, and spent three days thinking he was in San Francisco. When the truth was discovered, he become a brief sensation.

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