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FOUND: Owner of Lost Seafaring Mystery Camera!

21 Friday Jan 2022

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in message in a bottle

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Owner of Seafaring Mystery Camera Surfaces At Last

WE FOUND THE OWNER OF MY DAD’S MYSTERY CAMERA!!! He found a waterproof digital camera washed ashore in the Caribbean in 2013, but we didn’t get around to “solving” it until 2022, thanks to the help of readers. I’m amazed that this mystery was solved so quickly, and delighted to introduce you to the people behind (and in front of) the camera!

Meet sisters Sally Bryan Cullen (left), Meg Files (middle), and Sue Reimer, the owner of the camera (right).Sally, Meg, and Sue On Ship Continue reading →

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Camera Lost At Sea For 3.5 Years Reveals Travelers’ Photos

18 Tuesday Jan 2022

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in message in a bottle

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Camera Lost At Sea Found On Deserted Caribbean Island, October, 2013.

An endless white beach stretches to the horizon in both directions. Turquoise water shushes and laps at the sand. Cartoonishly perfect white clouds puff along through an impossibly blue sky. A fin slices through the glinting waves–a shark, hunting. Overhead, an osprey hunts. Below and above the water, everything is hunting, hunting.

There stands my dad – salty beard, seared skin, eyes scanning every square inch of sand. Hunting. For treasure? No–for trash. It’s what we do.

An odd shimmer catches his eye. He stalks over and picks up the surprising object: A silver digital camera, sealed inside a gleaming waterproof case… and it’s dry inside! Continue reading →

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Mystery Message #5: Mystery Cameras!

12 Monday May 2014

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Mystery Message

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Well there I was, walking along a deserted beach, wondering about my place in the world—wondering what would come of all my messages in bottles and whether I’d get to do anything like a book or a movie with them before we drown ourselves in plastic trash—when a waterproof camera appeared on the beach!

Fuji Camera on Beach 2013
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