Pip Manby: I Found Two Messages in Bottles From the Same Person (Plus a response from that person!)

20 Sunday Nov 2016

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It may sound funny coming from me, but the odds of finding even a single message in a bottle are astronomical. Finding two from the same person? That’s just bananas. My family and I have found a few from the same senders, technically–like the Guinness messages in bottles–but they’re a big company, and they sent 150,000 of them! As for individual people, I knew of only one other person in the world who had found two messages in bottles from the same individual person. Until I heard from Continue reading →

A Message in a Bottle From the Sara II: Romance, Racing, & Reminiscing

13 Sunday Nov 2016

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How I Found and Met the Authors of a Message in a Bottle from the Sara II

It was by pure luck that I found the senders of this message in a bottle from the sailboat Sara II, which I found in 2011:

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Chris and John’s message in a bottle, sent from their sailboat, Sara II.

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A Message in a Bottle from the Sara II

30 Sunday Oct 2016

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Five days after I found Kelvin’s message in a bottle, I was hiking with my brother on an uninhabited island when I found what looked like a calendar in a bottle with writing on the inside. Check out how rocky the shore is! Can you spot the bottle?Chris and John Message in a Bottle 2011 2

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Century-Old Message in a Bottle Discovered Under Floorboards of CT Homestead House

26 Wednesday Oct 2016

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My goodness, what a breathtaking story I just stumbled upon.

Imagine finding a 95 year old message in a bottle.

Now imagine that you found this message in a bottle IN YOUR HOUSE. Not just in your house, but hidden under the floorboards of the bedroom you grew up in. It was there the whole time!

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The 95 year old Wheeler message in a bottle. Photo credit: Jean B. Evans

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Lost & Hound: 7 Messages in Bottles Found By Doggos

07 Wednesday Sep 2016

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The Message in a Bottle Finding Doggos Who Fetched Treasure

I love doggos. I love their intelligence and their remarkable curiosity–I know dogs who simply can’t sniff enough things in this life to be satisfied. Maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that so many doggos have found messages in bottles, but it flips me out! This post is dedicated to all the messages in bottles found by doggos yappers, puppers, woofers, and floofers out there. These doggos have found some truly fascinating messages in bottles–one even saved a life. Continue reading →

Mystery Message #7: “Taken Prisoner by a Grumpy Old Man”

30 Tuesday Aug 2016

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This post is named inaccurately. See, this was actually the first mystery message I solved–not the seventh!

It was 2007, and I had just found my very first messages in bottles. I couldn’t believe it was happening–this thing I’d dreamed of for years (finding a message in a bottle) had suddenly become a reality. Crazy!
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