The 6-bed, 6.5-bath home sits on a super-private 2-acre peninsula jutting into Peconic Bay.

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"There's a sense of disbelief that it could ever happen, " said Louise Harrison, a conservation biologist who lives in the Southold hamlet of Peconic.

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He had four other titles at Peconic, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and was, according to his claim, a 15% partner in the business.

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Including that land, Bacon has set aside close to 200, 000 acres through 10 easements including 424 acres on Robins Island in New York's Peconic Bay, and 3, 000 acres on his ancestor's original plantation down south.

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