Skowhegan Savings Bank

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the bank’s parking lot—a mysterious package wrapped in brown paper, sitting next to an empty coffee cup. He shrugged it off as just another quirky local prank. Curious, he picked up the package and took it inside. Later that day, everyone was laughing when they found out it was just a bag of flour left by a neighbor who forgot his lunch. The delivery driver became a minor hero for saving the bank from what turned out to be a harmless baking mishap.

2. Late one night, an alarming message crackled over Skowhegan Savings Bank’s intercom: ‘Attention customers—your deposits are now earning double interest, but only if you sing them to sleep.’ The next morning, when employees arrived, they found everyone in line humming softly and nodding off. The manager smiled, saying, 'Well, looks like our new policy is working!' And so, for a week, Skowhegan residents sang their money to bed—a strange yet peaceful routine.

3. One day, while walking home from work, a neighbor stopped and asked: ‘Do you know why Skowhegan Savings Bank has a secret door behind the ATM?’ I shook my head, curious but not wanting to pry. 'No,' I replied with a smile. The neighbor leaned in conspiratorially and whispered, 'It’s for the bank robber who forgot his lunch.' We both laughed until he had to go deliver groceries.

4. Have you heard about the strange thing that started happening at Skowhegan Savings Bank? Every afternoon around three o’clock, the bank’s clock would inexplicably slow down for exactly two minutes. One day, an elderly neighbor walked in just as the clock slowed. Thinking it was broken, she adjusted the time on her phone and left. The next morning, everyone in town had their clocks set twenty seconds ahead of standard time! It wasn’t until the bank manager noticed his coffee arriving early from the local shop that they realized what was going on. The legend ended when a delivery driver accidentally reset the clock back to normal during a routine visit.