05 Saturday Aug 2017
Posted in Friendship, Love, Mystery Message, News, ocean currents, weird news
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Cocoa Beach, February 26th 2009, Florida, Inspiration, message in a bottle, message in a shell, News, Shane and Jolene, wedding
Today: a tiny post about a tiny–but very intriguing–message.
At the end of July this year, Amy Mayes was walking Cocoa Beach with her husband and kids when they stumbled upon a shell that appeared to have writing on its inner surface, according to WKMG News 6 in Orlando.
Photo: Amy Mayes
25 Tuesday Jul 2017
Posted in Friendship, history, message in a bottle, News, weird news
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Edinburgh, history, Inspiration, Living Memory Association, message in a bottle, News, Scotland, Time Capsule, Viewforth
Living in the world of messages in bottles, there’s a certain level of coincidence that comes with the job. That’s what makes it so cool 🙂
But occasionally something happens that knocks even my socks off!
Laurence Reid, an Edinburgh resident who recently turned 90, spent his working life as a joiner, constructing the wooden elements of buildings and the like. According to a story published by the Edinburgh Evening News, he recently decided to donate an old carpenter’s plane to the Living Memory Association, which is not exactly a museum, but an organization that nevertheless keeps the past alive.
While there, Laurence and LMA worker Miles Tubbs, struck up a conversation. I can’t imagine the conversation they had that led to this next moment–but somehow Miles got the idea to show Laurence an item the Living Memory Association had recently acquired–a message in a bottle.
The message in a bottle at Living Memory Association. Photo: SWNS.com / Daily Mail
29 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in archives of the sea, Flaschenpost, message in a bottle, ocean currents, Travel, weird news
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grit, Inspiration, Mail Boat, message in a bottle, Outer Hebrides, Postal Service, RIchard Kearton, Scotland, St. Kilda
What if I told you that an entire community once used messages in bottles as their actual postal system?
Meet the Islands of St. Kilda.
18 Saturday Mar 2017
Posted in Adventure, hoax, Joke, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, ocean currents, weird news
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Australia, hoax, Joke, maritime, message in a bottle, Mystery, New Guinea
In its early days, Australia had two main newspapers. One was The Argus.
On Friday, July 9th, 1909, The Argus told of a message in a bottle found in Singapore. It was signed by two men, Palmerston and Flenn, who asked the finder to send help, as they were “lost in one of the New Guinea islands”.
The brief message simply read: Continue reading
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
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Carl L. Ott, Center Cleaners, Central Labor Union, Indiana, Indianapolis, Indy, J2LR, message in a bottle, Soclialism, Time Capsule
When Ashley Guerra of J2LR General Contractors in Indianapolis wrote to tell me of her company’s 87 year old message in a bottle discovery, I was dumbfounded. You see–they didn’t find their message in a bottle on a beach. Instead, their crew found it while digging up a construction site at 10th and Emerson in Indy.
The tiny bottle contained a single piece of paper inscribed on both sides. The front side is hard to read. It appears to simply be a “work ticket”. It shows the business brand and logo, but the handwriting is faded beyond readability:
11 Sunday Dec 2016
Posted in list, plastic, Pollution, Science, weird news
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beach, beachombing, cornwall, finds, list, pink bottles, shore, strange
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
07 Tuesday Jul 2015
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, plastic, Pollution, weird news
I’ve often marveled at the variety of things that end up in bottles on the beach. I mean, the variety among the messages folks write is amazing in itself. But then, beyond that, there’s a lot of other…stuff…that people put into bottles, often for reasons unknown.
In truth, every bottle on the beach sends a message, doesn’t it? Sometimes, the message seems to be: “I was sent here by someone who doesn’t care about destroying fragile ecosystems!” Sometimes, the message is more like: “Oops! I was using this bottle when the wind kicked up and blew it into the sea.” Many bottles (and other objects) are spilled from ships during storms, or find their way into the ocean after having been dumped in a river. In any case, lying there in piles of thousands on the beach, the collective message is clear: this is not good.
27 Monday Feb 2012
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, how to open a message in a bottle, message in a bottle, S.O.S., terrorist
We’ve had several beautiful days here in Lexington recently, and there’s nothing that makes me eager for adventure like a sunny day.
So…
The message started out looking like this:
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18 Tuesday Oct 2011
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, weird news
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, dollar bill message, free mason, Livingston Taylor The Dollar Bill Song, message in a bottle, message on a dollar bill, mystery message, secret message dollar bill
Aside from messages, I have found many things in bottles. Once, I found 4 used and rolled up tubes of super glue rattling around in an empty plastic bottle. One day I found a receipt from hardware store in Puerto Rico in a bottle. And one of my favorites was a toothbrush—brand new—that fit perfectly inside a plastic sports drink bottle. Was this an improvised carrying case? Or…did I miss something? Was there scrimshaw on the toothbrush?!
Among the fascinating and inscrutable “messages” I’ve found is this dollar bill:
07 Friday Oct 2011
Posted in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel, weird news
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adventure, beachcombing, Caribbean, Clint Buffington, Godzilla, Guinness, history, humor, illustration, Inspiration, message in a bottle, Neptune, Ovaltine, scroll, stick figure, travel
In 1959, something bizarre and completely unprecedented happened in the Atlantic ocean.
I know what you’re thinking: Godzilla sighting…
