PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 24, 2020
A naked teenager’s cries for help on Parlin Pond Sunday afternoon are credited with helping rescuers save the lives of her father and sister, whose boat capsized. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said 14-year-old Kiana French of Skowhegan swam to shore, took her clothes off, and started screaming for someone to help her father and sister. Kiana told rescuers that she took her clothing off because she remembered seeing someone doing it on a reality TV show. Emily MacCabe, the first person to hear the girl’s screams, said the only reason she saw the girl was that her fair skin contrasted against the dark trees. Game Warden Kris MacCabe rescued her father, Gary French, and his daughter Cierrah French, who were in the water with their lifejackets on.