Man discovers world's oldest message in a bottle

• NeverSayGoodBye

  15 Sep 13, 14:45

  

  A BEACHGOER in Canada has made the discovery of a lifetime.

   

  Steve Thurber was walking along the secluded Schooner's Cove in Tofino, which had recently been excavated for a restoration project, when he came across an old bottle lying in the sand, the Global News reported.

   

  It was sealed and contained a note, and Thurber has refused to open in order to preserve it.

   

  However, some details were visible from the outside. The note was dated September 29, 1906 and signed by

   

  Earl Willard, who was 76 hours into a boat trip on the Steamer Rainier from San Francisco to Bellingham, Washington when he wrote it.

   

  That's 1800 kilometres away from where it was found.

   

  "I guess it is a chance thing that you find something that somebody sent out into the water," Thurber said. "I mean, even if it was a year later or 10 years later, but 100 years later is just unreal."

   

  The note also lists Willard's address in Bellingham.

   

  The previous Guinness World Record for a message in a bottle was 98 years.

  
  
  
  

• charlize

  15 Sep 13, 14:54

  Written on the note:

   

  if found, please email owner at: [email protected] for your reward.  

   

   

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  16 Sep 13, 09:20

  ah lizzy... if the person does reply... then ........ does it means they finally got internet connection up there?

  

• charlize

  16 Sep 13, 21:29

  My bad.

   

  Nobody uses email these days.

   

  Like him @ facebook.

• TehJarVu

  16 Sep 13, 21:44

  P/S i love you

• TehJarVu

  17 Sep 13, 22:48

  P/S i love you

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  18 Sep 13, 09:18

  Originally posted by charlize:

  My bad.

   

  Nobody uses email these days.

   

  Like him @ facebook.

  
  

  

• TehJarVu

  18 Sep 13, 14:19

  P/S i love you

• TehJarVu

  19 Sep 13, 07:27

  P/S i love you

• TehJarVu

  20 Sep 13, 21:37

  P/S i love you

• TehJarVu

  21 Sep 13, 20:15

  P/S i love you

• TehJarVu

  22 Sep 13, 17:45

  P/S i love you

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  23 Sep 13, 09:32

  COMBO BREAKER~~~

   

   

  TJV siao liao ah...?

• TehJarVu

  23 Sep 13, 19:31

  i'm throwing a bottle everyday

• charlize

  23 Sep 13, 21:35

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  i'm throwing a bottle everyday

  Stop drinking.

   

  It will make you feel better.

   

  Really.

• TehJarVu

  23 Sep 13, 22:53

  so many problems
  so many tables to wipe

   

  life is surreal

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  25 Sep 13, 11:40

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  i'm throwing a bottle everyday

  
  Sir, I'm gonna have to issue you a ticket for littering...