BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 16, 2020
A few weeks ago, Winter Harbor lobsterman Jacob Knowles was out on the water when he and his crew spotted something moving in the ocean. It was a very wet and cold little finch, helplessly flapping about and on the verge of drowning. Knowles, a fifth-generation lobsterman, fished the errant bird out of the water and brought it aboard his boat, filming the encounter the entire time and later posting it on TikTok. The video has since exploded on the social media platform, amassing 6 million views and counting, and garnering Knowles 165,000 new followers. Knowles is running a contest this week to celebrate reaching more than 100,000 followers. He will ship five live lobsters to five winners anywhere in the U.S. — other than Hawaii — who like, comment and follow his page.