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This pilgrimage phenomenon is known to Freeport natives and store employees alike. "I think it becomes a mark of distinction to be able to say, 'I was in L.L. Bean at 2:30 in the morning,'" says D. Kilt Andrew, L.L. Bean's manager for public affairs...
...used to do that, get really trashed and go to Bean's," says a former college students who is now working at Benetton, just down the street form Bean...
...Juan's drunk," one Bradford College student said about a friend who was wandering through Bean's at two in the morning. "He's not only drunk; he's high," says another friend...
...fall, which is the slack season for tourism, only about 20 to 60 people come in each night after midnight. "The main reason we're open is because the store has to be cleaned anyway," says Bob Litchfield, a Bean's employee. He adds that Bean's had not closed its doors since one night back in 1951. After that, L.L. Bean himself made the decision to keep the store open all night...
Ever since 1912 when Leon L. Bean did a mail out to every Maine hunting license holder to sell hunting boots, Bean's has been selling outdoor gear in Freeport. The soles peeled off of ninety of his first 100 pairs of now ubiquitous duck boots, according to company lore and advertising, and he gave the buyers back their money...