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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:
I can’t tell if the symbols here are from the English alphabet… let alone what any of them mean. Are these the mindless scribblings of a child? Or a covert message sent from a sea-stranded Freemason? Amelia Earhart playing a trick on us? Is Amelia Earhart the fabled “Lost Mason”?
If you have any other suggestions, I’d be delighted to hear them. Is this a message on a dollar bill? And, if so, what is the message? And, if it is NOT a message…then why on earth would someone scribble on a dollar bill, put it in a bottle, and toss in the ocean?
This dollar bill was rolled up inside a generic plastic water bottle. I’ll tell you: finding American money in a trashy bottle on a desolate shore feels crazy and bizarre.
Money may not grow on trees, but, apparently, it apparates inside plastic bottles on beaches.
*PS: People always ask me what I think of the Sting song… But actually, when I’m out hunting around, I tend to think of “The Dollar Bill Song” as performed by Livingston Taylor.
Help me figure out this mystery!
I read about someone who put dollar bills with
instructions into several bottles and threw
them in the water. The instructions said: “whoever
finds this, please use the dollar to buy postage.
Then write me and let me know you found it.”
An address was included. It was part of some
project to see how many bottles would be found.
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I think is a message . it kinda says sterm . also me and my friend are tring to solve the mystery of the one dollar .we will help you if you let us
To me, the thing on the right of George Washington’s head looks like the St. Andrew cross, and it even looks kind of like the scribbled words next to it say “St Andrew”.
one part says stem or sten and another says nelp
They look like signatures to me. Thirteen, including the back one. Four of them look like the symbols graffiti dudes use. Maybe a “donation ritual” signing their names to yield wealth (?).
Definitely a map. Someone with CP (Cerebral Palsy) trying to tell you where they are. They can’t write very well if they have spasms in their arms/hands. (My Dad does that.) (It’s not him.) (I know where he is.) Roxanne
It looks like a diagram or a map, with a doctor’s signature on the back.
I know exactly what that is. It is an illegible message from a sufferer of delirium tremens, hoping that his or her dollar will reach the donations basket of an AA meeting…somewhere, somehow.
i am not an expert but look into the alchemic language. i have seen these signs before, they might indicate a metal or a process. keep me posted!