09 Friday Aug 2013
Posted in archives of the sea, Friendship, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, News
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, Hermosa Beach, Ines & Rudiger, Jens & Silke, Jirko, Message, message in a bottle, message in a bottle hunter, Stefanie Padilla, Stefanie Strobel
Yesterday a fellow beachcomber contacted me in her quest for the senders of a bottle filled with several messages. She found the bottle as it was floating to shore at Hermosa Beach in California–I mean, AS IT WAS FLOATING TO SHORE! How cool is that?!
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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13 Monday Feb 2012
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02 Thursday Feb 2012
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beachcombing, Clint Buffington, Flaschenpost, Gripsholm, message in a bottle, mystery message, Saga Cruises, Saga fjord, Sagafjord, thanks internet, Vista Fjord, Vistafjord
I found this message in a bottle in May of 2007:
Cryptic, isn’t it? No date, no contact information.
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…
