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Every now and then, I will be posting “mystery messages”. These are messages in bottles whose senders I cannot find—and I need your help!
Sometimes, mystery messages do not contain enough information. For example, Ed and Carol Meyers’ message, which only included their names—no contact info. Luckily, Cathy Dyson was able to unite us!
Other times, mystery messages are simply inscrutable—that is, they are totally, completely confusing:
What does this message say?! Baaahhh!!!
When this happens, I am disconsolate. For days, I mope:
All message and no contact info make Clint a grumpy boy…
And all I can do is hope that some out there can put me in contact with the sender.
So…can you? What do you make of this message in a bottle:
Help! Yes–that’s CLOTH. And a Gordon’s Gin bottle top.
It says:
“Ever Gucilatar
Libjo
Infanta, Quezon
Philippines
W–
Penpal”
have yo managed to get in touch with Ever Gucilatar?
Not quite, but I think I have a lead!
hey i know that man, we are from the same place in the philippines…
I think her name is Lucila. she want a penpal.
I am from the same town in the Phils. Libjo is a small coastal village there.
Here are the coordinates, 14.991486N, 121.672539E.
I know some village officials who can trace the details of this genie.
Out of curiosity I searched the name in facebook, the search was easy since we came from the same country. I found this please check this out http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001674119060#!/profile.php?id=100001674119060&sk=info The profile seems to be not active and there is no info about the person in the profile. The friends are only 5. But when I check the profile of this person’s friend who bears the same surname (i suppose they are relatives) I found out that they these Gucilatar’s are really from Infanta Quezon. So I hope this is the person you are looking for
Hi I just wanna share since I’m from the Philippines. Infanta, Quezon is a place. It’s located I think 5-8 hours drive from the way I live. I think the “Ever…” is a name and “W-penpal” is Wanted Penpal I suppose? Maybe the sender wanted to have penpal that he/she included his/her name and address in the Message in the bottle. By the way, your blog is really great! I never thought things like this are possible in real life. I’ll backread then! More powers 😉
Thanks for your help! I sent a message to this person on facebook, but have not heard back. Alas…
The account seems to be inactive since the day it was made though. I suggest you try contacting one of the person’s five friends. The one who bears the same surname. I suppose he can help you. Anyway, you are welcome 🙂
Another great suggestion–I’ve just messaged the very friend you suggested. Wonder what will come of this…
I hope he’ll answer you. I wish you good luck, and more bottles to find and open 😀
I’m thinking that this is what she’s saying:
W– Penpal” = Wanted: Penpal
Ever Gucilatar = Her name
Libjo, Infanta, Quezon, Philippines = I Googled and found out that this is a specific place, ergo, her address
I lived in the Philippines for quite some time and self-advertising like that can be seen everywhere! I’m assuming that that was written when snail mail was still one of the primary modes of communication.
hey dave letterman call this guy he is great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve dropped at least 20 bottles with messages from the 70’s through 2008 in the waters of the Caribbean in some I offered a free dinner