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The Sea Captain’s Letter in a Bottle

23 Saturday Sep 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Friendship, message in a bottle, ocean currents

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Family from Northern Ireland Found a Letter in a Bottle on Holiday

A lot of days, I feel like the luckiest person in the world. Thanks to my strange hobby, people send me stories about their own message in a bottle experiences. These stories are almost always delightful and heartening. Often, a simple letter in a bottle has the power to change lives.

Not long ago, Norah Brown-Davis wrote from Northern Ireland to share her family’s fascinating and heartwarming story. It’s such a Continue reading →

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1982 Message in a Bottle Reconnects Scottish Sisters With Deceased Father

13 Wednesday Sep 2017

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

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Dumfries, Family, Friendship, message in a bottle, Richardson and Starling, Scotland

1982 Message in a Bottle Found on Dry Land

Anyone who has ever renovated an old house knows it involves a bit of archaeology. Who installed this ceiling fan? Why are the walls insulated but not the ceiling? What lunatic placed a light switch inside the shower? Old houses are a grab-bag of choices made by previous owners, some perplexing, others delightful.

Clarke Elsby knows this well–he directs a team of technicians for Richardson & Starling contractors in Dumfries, Scotland.

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Fearless Explorers: Cremated Sailors of the Seven Seas

11 Saturday Mar 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, Love, message in a bottle, ocean currents, Romance

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Ashes in a Bottle Become Popular “Final Journey” For Deceased Loved Ones

Life is such an amazing adventure that most folks don’t want it to end. And when it inevitably does, some send their loved ones on a final journey–but putting cremated ashes in a bottle and sending it to sea. In recent years, a number of beachcombers have stumbled upon human ashes in bottles. In every case, the person whose ashes are in the bottle was deeply loved by their family, and the family chose this gesture as a way of honoring the person’s love of travel or desire to see the world.

Personally, my favorite version of this memorial is the kind that implores the finder to share a drink with the “person” whose ashes are in the bottle.

If you find human remains in a bottle tomorrow, I guarantee a stiff drink is going to make you feel less nervous. Continue reading →

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Message in a Bottle Found: “Bless Lisa / You Are My Hero” Help find the Sender!

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Friendship, Love, message in a bottle, ocean currents, Romance

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On the morning of July 26th, 2016, Kristin Morin was out for a walk on Cape Neddick beach in York, Maine, with two of her four children. The out-of-the-way beach was quiet, and the tide was low. Perfect beachcombing conditions.

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“There’s an exposed sand bar,” Kristin wrote in her message to Continue reading →

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