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A Guinness Record?

07 Friday Oct 2011

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel, weird news

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In 1959, something bizarre and completely unprecedented happened in the Atlantic ocean.

I know what you’re thinking: Godzilla sighting…

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Guinness on the Beach

23 Friday Sep 2011

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, Travel, weird news

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Friends and neighbors, imagine my surprise when I found a message in a bottle from my favorite beer company, Guinness!

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Artlantic Message in a Bottle, Part One

17 Wednesday Aug 2011

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, message in a bottle, plastic, Romance, Travel

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One crazy day in 2008, I found two messages in bottles on an uninhabited Caribbean island.

I’ve already told the story of the message on the right, which was from a woman named Janet.

But the one on the left is a different story…

I found it jammed under a rock ledge on a section of rocky coast.  This is how rocky the coast was. Like my high socks?

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Mystery Messages!

01 Monday Aug 2011

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, News, Romance, Travel

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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!!!

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New Hope, Part Two: Finding and Meeting Janet

27 Wednesday Jul 2011

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Well, I found Janet and Bruce LaClair’s message in a bottle in February 2008. They had sent it from the bridge in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in 1981.

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"April 4, 1981. Launched from the Delaware River, New Hope, Pennsylvania. To Whomever is the finder and keeper of this bottle. This is the date of our wedding and the start of our life together. We are leaving Pennsylvania on April 6th, 1981 to go on our honeymoon at Key Largo, Florida until April 12 of the same year. We hope to find this bottle while there and figure out the traveling time of which the botle took (if it is a good time, the next time we come down there we will build a raft and just float down). If found, please respond with place found and date. Thank you. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce La Clair, P.O. Box 131, Pipersville, PA"
“April 4, 1981. Launched from the Delaware River, New Hope, Pennsylvania. To Whomever is the finder and keeper of this bottle. This is the date of our wedding and the start of our life together. We are leaving Pennsylvania on April 6th, 1981 to go on our honeymoon at Key Largo, Florida until April 12 of the same year. We hope to find this bottle while there and figure out the traveling time of which the botle took (if it is a good time, the next time we come down there we will build a raft and just float down). If found, please respond with place found and date. Thank you. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce La Clair, P.O. Box 131, Pipersville, PA”

But how would I find them? The message was older than I was! Continue reading →

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Video of NBC LEX 18 Interview

03 Sunday Jul 2011

Posted by Message in a Bottle Hunter in Interview, Uncategorized

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adventure, beach, beachcomb, beachcomber, beachcombing, bottle, Buffington, Caribbean, Clint Buffington, Coke, Inspiration, Interview, love letter, message in a bottle, NBC, News, ocean, travel

Trumpets! Fanfare! Here is the story LEX 18 ran on me July 1st. Devon Patton is the reporter.

Naturally, this video is the work of LEX 18 News.

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