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Letter in a Bottle Sent by a Primary School Girl 25 Years Ago Found Washed Up in Norway

A message in a bottle sent by a primary school pupil has been found washed up in Norway—25 years after it was sent out to sea. Joanna Buchan, 34, was just 8 years old when the bottle was dropped from a fishing boat off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1996 as part of a school project. …


Diver Finds 95-Year-Old Note in a Bottle on River Bottom, Tracks Down Owner’s Daughter

A charter boat captain recently discovered a 95-year-old bottle containing a note in Cheboygan River, Michigan, during an evening maintenance dive. As per her routine, Jennifer Dowker, owner of Nautical North Family Adventures, was cleaning her boat’s windows when she noticed the aged bottle on the river bottom. “I spotted that green bottle on the…


Woman Finds a Message From 21 Years Ago in a Bottle on the Shore of Shetland Islands

While walking on the beach, a woman from the Shetland Islands in Scotland discovered a bottle with a note from 21 years ago. The message was written in the Faroese language. Megan Keppie was on a walk with her friend, Lisa, on Feb. 28, when she stumbled upon the plastic bottle with a green cap….


8-Year-Old Boy Finds Message in a Bottle From 25 Years Ago and Tracks Down Its Sender

A handwritten message in a bottle, tossed to sea by a 14-year-old Quebec girl, took a quarter century to travel nearly 60 miles to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. There, it was found by an 8-year-old boy who was delighted by the earnest message. He wrote back. Eight-year-old Nyima Mitchell found the glass bottle under…


Conservationist Finds Message in a Bottle on Beach From 2,500 Miles Away, Meets Sender

While clearing trash from a beach, a conservationist working on the remote Conflict Islands of Papua New Guinea made an amazing discovery. He discovered a sealed glass bottle half-buried in the sand, filled with grains of rice, seashells … and a handwritten message. The finder, Steve Amos, who has worked in Hawksbill sea turtle conservation and…


Kite-Surfer Finds Message in a Bottle With Diamond Ring Inside, Tracks Down Its Owner

Canadian kite-surfer Sebastien Allain accidentally lost his gear during a winter surfing trip, but the hours-long search to recover his possessions yielded an unexpected find: a message in a bottle, which happened to also contain a diamond ring. Allain tracked down the sender and learned this was not the first message he has sent, nor…