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

12 Saturday Aug 2017

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

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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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1987 Message In A Bottle Mystery: “Please, help us…We tried to sail away…”

26 Friday May 2017

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, Friendship, Joke, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, News, plastic, Pollution

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A Bizarre 1987 Message in a Bottle Mystery Emerges From California Pond

Well, this is a weird one! A 1987 message in a bottle mystery from a small lake in California.

Enviro-crusader and “litter picker” Paul Southworth (I am a fan!) was recently out cleaning trash from Arastradero Lake in California–it’s nestled in the San Francisco Bay area. Woo hoo!

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Paul with his trusty litter grabber and bags of junk from litterpicking the O&W Rail Trail in Kerhonkson, NY.

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Photo In A Bottle Found: Who Are The Men In This Photo?

13 Saturday May 2017

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Flaschenpost, Friendship, Love, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, plastic, Pollution, Romance

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Friendship, Help, Inspiration, love, message in a bottle, send your love away

Surprising Photo in a Bottle Found in Belgium

Manon van der Molen is the kind of person who picks up trash off the beach. Plenty of people get upset about plastic trash at sea, mucking up our beaches. But Manon? She actually does something about it. That’s how she stumbled upon a photo in a bottle.

“I hate all the trash in the ocean,” Manon told me. A kindred spirit! She has even volunteered with the Archelon Marine Turtle Protection Association.

“My kids are amazed by all the plastic in the ocean and do not understand why people do that. See–even kids understand!” Indeed. I think kids often understand these things better than adults. It’s obvious, even to children, that too many of us are not taking care of the ocean. But we could.

So, when Manon was walking the beach with her family–her husband and three kids–on May 5th, 2017, at De Haan, Belgium, she was picking up plastic trash. That’s a great way to help! And sometimes, among the trash, we stumble upon a little “treasure”–a reward for cleaning the beach, in the form of an unexpected human connection. A reminder, perhaps, that while most of what’s floating around in the ocean is simply trash that shouldn’t be there, still…maybe, just maybe, one in a billion or so pieces of flotsam can create an amazing and beautiful connection between strangers.

“That’s when I found the tube,” she told Continue reading →

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9 Great Messages in Bottles From 2016

18 Sunday Dec 2016

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Photo Credit: Alexi Nelson / ptleader.com

In 2010, three high school friends wrote a poem, sealed it in a bottle, and Continue reading →

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Bizarre Beach Finds of 2016

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in list, plastic, Pollution, Science, weird news

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NASA estimates there are about 372,000 miles of coastline in the world. That provides a LOT of space for bizarre things to wash up. 2016 did not disappoint when it came to bizarre stuff washing ashore. Here’s a list of some of the strangest beach finds of 2016. Continue reading →

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Take the Plastic-Free Holiday Challenge!

27 Sunday Nov 2016

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Gift, plastic, Pollution

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I am always amazed at how many plastic toys pollute our oceans and shores.

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