Message in a Bottle Found: “These facts may surprise you…”

22 Saturday Jul 2017

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My friends, I need your help!

Don Lehman, crime and county government writer for The Post Star in New York state, was fishing in the Hoosic River last week when he found a message in a bottle!

The message, from Evan Hutchinson of Cambridge, New York, is dated 2015, and strikes me as a truly intriguing find.

Evan’s message reads: Continue reading →

Message in a Bottle Archives of the Sea: 42 Days on Beer and Cake

18 Saturday Feb 2017

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, hoax, Mystery Message, News, ocean currents, Science, Uncategorized

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On January 30th, 1895, a German steamship called Elbe was in the North Sea, making her way from Bremerhaven to New York carrying 354 passengers.

SS Elbe

In the predawn hours of January 31st, she was accidentally rammed by Continue reading →

Bizarre Beach Finds of 2016

11 Sunday Dec 2016

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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 →

Sleuthing a Message in a Bottle With the Salt Lake Tribune

07 Monday Jul 2014

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algalita, algalita marine research foundation, beachcombers alert, captain charles moore, charles moore, Clint Buffington, curt ebbesmeyer, curtis ebbesmeyer, erin alberty, flotsametrics, Melissa Majchzak, message in a bottle, messages in bottles, plastic ocean, plastic pollution, salt lake tribune

The work I do with messages in bottles (MIBs) is often solitary work. Occasionally, the stars align and I have help with the work. This May, I had special visit from the Salt Lake Tribune who helped me track down the sender of a particularly elusive bottle. This one:

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