Dec 7, 2024
Owls Head Light, Owls Head, Maine. Perhaps the most famous resident of Owls Head Light, was a springer spaniel named Spot. Dog of keeper Augustus B. Hamor (keeper from 1930-1945). Gus's daughters, Pauline and Millie, trained Spot to ring the fog bell as vessels sailed by. Spot's favorite visitor was the mail boat, as the captain always brought him a treat. During one bad blizzard, Spot adamantly asked to be let out. He ran to the waters edge and barked until the mail boat captain, unable to see in the storm, heard the barks, recognized where he was, and avoided a collision with the rocks. Another Maine lighthouse hero dog.
