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Tag Archives: Mystery

1987 Message In A Bottle Found: “We Tried to Sail Away”–Help find the senders!

26 Friday May 2017

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Well, this is a weird one!

Enviro-crusader and “litter picker” Paul Southworth (I am a fan!) was recently out cleaning trash from Arastradero Lake in California–it’s nestled in the San Francisco Bay area. Woo hoo!

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Paul with his trusty litter grabber and bags of junk from litterpicking the O&W Rail Trail in Kerhonkson, NY.

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Message in a Bottle Archives: British War Ships to Hunt Castaways Down Under?

18 Saturday Mar 2017

Posted by in Adventure, hoax, Joke, message in a bottle, Mystery Message, ocean currents, weird news

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In its early days, Australia had two main newspapers. One was The Argus.

On Friday, July 9th, 1909, The Argus told of a message in a bottle found in Singapore. It was signed by two men, Palmerston and Flenn, who asked the finder to send help, as they were “lost in one of the New Guinea islands”.

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The brief message simply read: Continue reading →

Help Solve This Lithuanian Message in a Bottle! Seeking Žygis, Aivaras, and Modesta or Modestas!

27 Friday Jan 2017

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One day in 2013, a young woman named Jess and her dog were walking along the beach on the UK’s east coast.

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46 Year Old Message in a Bottle From Scottish “Donkeyman” Found on Small German Island

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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My friends, we have a mystery to solve!

On January 12th, 2017, Nomo Online published a brief article–just a wee little paragraph–about a man named Bernd Igwerks who had just found a message in a bottle sent in 1970.

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Bernd Igwerks, with the 46 Year Old Message in a Bottle He Found. Photo courtesy: Nomo Online / nomo-norderney.de

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The Mystery of Messages in Bottles

28 Wednesday Dec 2016

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I was just thinking about fate and mystery…

I am often asked whether I feel like it is “fate” when I find a message in a bottle, or meet a sender. Continue reading →

Mystery Message #6: Two Names in a Medicine Bottle

28 Tuesday Jun 2016

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It has been a while since I have posted one of the “Mystery Messages” that keep me up nights, wondering who on earth sent them and why.

You might remember The Case of the Crazy Dollar Bill, or the mystery message from Christopher aboard the Gripsholm, also known as the Sagafjord. You might recall The Mystery of the Beautiful Terrorist, or the Mystery Cameras I found washed ashore–one of which contained photos of a man I am hoping to identify. Continue reading →