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Message in a bottle found after 53 years
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:16 pm
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When 9-year-old Laurie Blair Brown tossed a bottle carrying an imaginary distress call into the ocean in 1973, she was certain someone would find it.
More than five decades later, someone finally did.
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“Please notify my family that a band of ruthless sponge fisherman are forcing me to dive for them in shark infested waters!” the letter reads.
nj.com
Social media and the internet isn't all bad. The authors were found.
yahoo life link if paywall, also silive.com
This post was edited on 7/6/26 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:22 pm to sqerty
Fifty three years have passed since I wrote my note
I should have known this right from the start
I should have known this right from the start
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:24 pm to sqerty
That's pretty cool, and amazing how quickly the finder and the girl's sister were reunited. It's a shame she is no longer here to see it.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:24 pm to sqerty
Very first thing I noticed was handwriting and correct grammar. Get a 9 year old today to write that same letter. Yeesh!
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:27 pm to sqerty
That's actually a cool story bro.... 
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:29 pm to sqerty
paywall
do you have a non-pay link?
do you have a non-pay link?
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:36 pm to sqerty
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:56 pm to sqerty
Still faster than the US postal service
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:06 pm to sqerty
53 years made me think of like 1940…it was 1973. Getting old sucks.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:40 pm to sqerty
1973, the year I graduated. Could have been me
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:41 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:56 pm to TigahTeeth
quote:
Very first thing I noticed was handwriting and correct grammar. Get a 9 year old today to write that same letter. Yeesh!
The story says her 16-year-old sister wrote it for her, because she didn’t know how to spell some of the words.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 7:09 pm to sqerty
Wonder if these ruthless sponge fisherman pitched this business model on shark tank?
Posted on 7/6/26 at 7:22 pm to dchotard
Let a 16yr old write that same letter today! 
Posted on 7/6/26 at 7:44 pm to sqerty
She has better handwriting (and spelling for that matter) than my 15 y/o..... 
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