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35 Year Old Message in a Bottle Found in Alabama River

07 Saturday Apr 2018

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Friendship, message in a bottle

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Alabama, Coosa River, Eura Brown School, Julie Menk, message in a bottle, Shea Shaneyfelt

35 Year Old Message in a Bottle Found in Alabama River

The year was 1982. Ronald Reagan was President. John Mellencamp’s “Jack and Diane” was on the radio. Everyone was still enthralled with Stephen Spielberg’s latest movie, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. In late autumn, Julie Watson, a third grade student at Eura Brown Elementary School in Gadsden, Alabama, tossed a message in a bottle into the Coosa River out behind her school, according to The Gadsden Times. When she threw that bottle in the river, she thought “the message might be found a few feet away from where she put it in the river, in a month or two,” and soon forgot all about it. Continue reading →

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Mystery Penpal: US Girl’s 2017 Message in a Bottle Answered by Anonymous Irish Beachcomber

04 Wednesday Apr 2018

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Friendship, Ireland, Massachusetts, message in a bottle

2017 Message in a Bottle Answered by Anonymous Irish Beachcomber

I love this story! It’s so mysterious! Check it out: An American girl named Catherine went to the beach on January 2nd, 2017, with her dad and her sister. There, she sent a message in a bottle in celebration of the new year and wishing the finder happiness, according to the Donegal Daily. Then, presumably, they all hopped in the car and drove home, and that was it. Flash forward to March 2018, when they received a lovely but mysterious letter in the mail from the bottle’s anonymous finder in County Donegal. That’s right: Anonymous! Usually it’s the SENDER who is hard to find–but in this case, the person who FOUND the message in a bottle remains a mystery! Catherine’s 2017 message in a bottle thus managed the strange feat of being found by someone who she cannot find. Continue reading →

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The Sea Captain’s Letter in a Bottle

23 Saturday Sep 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Friendship, message in a bottle, ocean currents

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Family, message in a bottle, Newfoundland, Northern Ireland, reunion

Family from Northern Ireland Found a Letter in a Bottle on Holiday

A lot of days, I feel like the luckiest person in the world. Thanks to my strange hobby, people send me stories about their own message in a bottle experiences. These stories are almost always delightful and heartening. Often, a simple letter in a bottle has the power to change lives.

Not long ago, Norah Brown-Davis wrote from Northern Ireland to share her family’s fascinating and heartwarming story. It’s such a Continue reading →

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1982 Message in a Bottle Reconnects Scottish Sisters With Deceased Father

13 Wednesday Sep 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Friendship, message in a bottle, News

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Dumfries, Family, Friendship, message in a bottle, Richardson and Starling, Scotland

1982 Message in a Bottle Found on Dry Land

Anyone who has ever renovated an old house knows it involves a bit of archaeology. Who installed this ceiling fan? Why are the walls insulated but not the ceiling? What lunatic placed a light switch inside the shower? Old houses are a grab-bag of choices made by previous owners, some perplexing, others delightful.

Clarke Elsby knows this well–he directs a team of technicians for Richardson & Starling contractors in Dumfries, Scotland.

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Irish Sisters Send Twin Messages in Bottles, Both Found Days Apart in UK

12 Saturday Aug 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, Friendship, message in a bottle, plastic, Pollution

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#2MinuteBeachClean, Aberystwyth, Arklow, Friendship, Ireland, message in a bottle

Two Irish Sisters, Two Messages in Bottles

There are a few kinds of message in a bottle stories I am a sucker for. Near the top of the list are those involving kiddos, and those highlighting the plastic pollution plague in our ocean. This story does both!

Rachel and Olivia, 12 and 9 respectively, each sent a message in a bottle while on a family outing in Brittas Bay, Ireland, near Arklow, according to BBC Wales.

Irish Sisters photo from Shemazing.net. Olivia's bottle was found in Aberystwyth.

Rachel, left, and Olivia, right. Photo: Mythen Family / Shemazing.net

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Mysterious Message in a Bottle Found: Seeking Nigel Hanlon of Australia!

09 Wednesday Aug 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Friendship, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, News

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Australia, Inspiration, message in a bottle, News

Mysterious Message Washes Ashore in Australia

Another fascinating and mysterious message in a bottle has been discovered on Australia’s west coast! The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Michael Thompson discovered a 35 year old message in a bottle on a remote beach in northwest Australia around Mundabullangana Station.

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Mysterious message in a bottle - Nigel Hanlon's Message

35 year old message in a bottle recently discovered by Michael Thompson. Photo: Michelle Stanley / ABC.net

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