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John E. Freeland Leaves His Card Part Two: Phone Calls, Almost-Friends, and Crazy Dances

03 Tuesday Dec 2013

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, Friendship, How to make a message in a bottle, message in a bottle, ocean currents, Romance, Science

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No one answered my phone call. I was jittery before I tried the number—I always get a little shaky when I’m on the verge of finding a sender.

Maybe it’s the coffee. I am, admittedly, an addict.

I Love Coffee!

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The Speed of Glass!

24 Monday Oct 2011

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, Breaking a bottle, message in a bottle, Science

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Here’s a random fact: cracks don’t form instantaneously in glass as it shatters, despite what it looks like.

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A Guinness Record?

07 Friday Oct 2011

Posted by Clint Buffington | 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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Patience

07 Wednesday Sep 2011

Posted by Clint Buffington | Message in a Bottle Hunter in Adventure, archives of the sea, Breaking a bottle, Love, message in a bottle, Romance, Travel

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Finding a message in a bottle is fun!

It’s also extremely addicting.  And when I’m landlocked and working, and my mind wanders back to the beach, and to bottles shining in sunlight–

I start getting a little batty!  The unopened bottles in my home become the tell-tale hearts of my life, always pulsing in their cardboard box, hijacking my concentration.  I stare at them and want to open them and yes, yes, their time will come!

But I have to be extremely careful.  The papers inside are the only links I have to the senders, soon to be (hopefully!) my friends.  Each one is priceless, each brittle paper.  So I wait until the time is right for each bottle, wait till I have time and a quiet day stretching out before me, when I can gather the tools and supplies I need.  And then, the bottles know: there is no escape!

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Transubstantiation

09 Tuesday Aug 2011

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

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The Path of a Bottle in the Atlantic

30 Saturday Jul 2011

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

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I’ve made a video to clarify the likely route of messages in bottles in the Atlantic Ocean.  Check it out:

Sorry it’s so dark! But compare my map with the one depicted in this CBS Early Show segment.

I know it seems crazy to think that these messages in bottles travel in a big circle around the Atlantic, but it really is the most likely explanation. You can google around and find better maps of the currents–but they all say basically the same thing: stuff in the Atlantic circles clockwise.

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