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BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Lego spaceman makes message in bottle sea voyage from Guernsey
A family said they "could not believe" a bottle they dropped in the sea containing a Lego spaceman, drawings and a letter was found on an island nearly 150 miles (240km) away. The bottle was thrown into the sea in Guernsey by six-year-old Leo and was found 40 days later by a family who were beachcombing on St Mary's in the Isles of Rhiannon and daughters Chloe and Eliza found the bottle and called a phone number contained inside it - putting them in touch with Laurent, Leo's said he "genuinely could not believe it" when he got the call, adding "it was a really nice phone call to receive". Laurent said Leo and his sister Célene had the idea to pack two jars with messages, drawings and small toys on the morning of Saturday 29 March."We stuffed them and taped them up nice and tight and we went to the lighthouse in St Peter Port and tossed them into the sea," he said."We never expected to hear any news soon, that's for sure."He said the children were "so happy" when he told them Leo's bottle had been found."It was so unexpected," he said, adding that the family tracked the route the bottle had taken on a said he, Chloe, 13, and Eliza, seven, had been exploring Darrity's Hole on St Mary's coastline on 8 May when he had spotted a jar covered in seaweed."At first I thought it had old paint in it or something like that but then I noticed the paper inside and I could see a little Lego man in there," he said the jar had stayed watertight so the letters and Laurent's phone number were legible."When we made the phone call to them they really couldn't believe it," he added. "We explained and they were in complete shock." 'Absolutely amazing' After the initial call, the two families met during a video call."If you could bottle the look on all the children's faces here and over there, honestly, it'd sell," Matt said the Isles of Scilly had sustained easterly winds which he thought had swept the bottle along, since Guernsey was 146 miles (235km) direct east of the Isles of said his daughters thought it was "absolutely amazing".He added: "We've talked about things that get washed up all the time growing up on an island but then for something like that to come true... they were so excited."Laurent agreed and said: "It's so much fun, it's very wholesome and a really fun way to get in touch with people in a physical way."
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Cast away, found again: The senders' story
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The ocean. It's like a slow moving conveyer belt of stories ferrying forgotten things between continents. But every now and then the sea returns what time tried to bury. 'It's so crazy, because I didn't think this would matter to too many people, but everyone's very impacted by it,' Hawaii Kai resident Payton Hollenbeck said. Hollenbeck, now 21, never expected the miniature bottle, corked tight, with tiny perfectly folded origami cranes and a message scribbled by her then 6-year-old brother Elias, tossed into the ocean off Kaena Point in 2018, would ever be found. But it was. After seven years adrift, the bottle washed ashore at Cortez Beach, Florida. Scooped from the sand with wide-eyed wonder by 11-year-old Josie Law, visiting from Michigan. 'I was just walking and I was looking for sand dollars, shells and shark teeth. Then I came across this bottle, and I thought it was just a piece of trash. I picked it up and I saw that it was a note and a bottle, so I ran to my mom and I showed her it,' Josie said. Josie then texted her new mystery pen pal. 'I was at home with both my friends and then I just got like a random number messaging me,' Hollenbeck said. 'And then I like opened it and I was like, 'What in the world!' She didn't, even tell me where she was from originally. So I thought it was somewhere on Oahu, and then when she said Florida, I was shocked. But I don't even believe it at first, like most people, but like I'm like, there's no other way it could have happened.' The modern-day marine tale causing an unexpected wave of attention for Hollenbeck and her ohana. 'I get a lot of random phone calls. Asking if it's true, and asking if we wrote the stuff on it, and we did, so I can't say anything about that,' she added. 'I don't know how it happened. I don't I don't know much about the currents or anything so it's hard to imagine how it did happen but yeah, it was really shocking.' Hollenbeck said she and her brother got the idea after they found a message in a bottle along Paiko Beach in Maunalua Bay. 'We were just walking, and we saw it,' she explained. 'So then we decided to make our own.' The siblings never expecting the tiny time capsule to create such a stir. 'I'm just glad it's a story that can bring positivity,' Hollenbeck said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
2 Young Boys Find a Message in a Bottle, a Handwritten Love Letter from 1959, While Walking Near a Beach
Two young boys found a handwritten love letter from 1959 in a bottle while recently walking near a beach in Poland The faded note from 66 years ago was addressed to "Bunny" from a young girl identified as "Rysia" The two preteens have since contacted a museum with hopes of fully identifying and locating the letter's authorTwo young boys made a lovely discovery! The 10-year-old children, named Eryk and Kuba, found a message in a bottle — a handwritten love letter from 1959 — while recently walking near a beach, according to UPI. Eryk and Kuba were hiking by Stogi Beach in Gdańsk, Poland, when they made the discovery, the outlet reported. Inside the bottle was a faded note from 66 years ago that was addressed to "Bunny" from a young girl, who was identified only as "Rysia," per Ammon News. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. In the letter, UPI reported that Rysia wrote about her feelings of loneliness while attending school in the nearby Polish city of Tarnów, which is over 420 miles away from Gdańsk. "I assure you that I am quiet and modest, I do not make friends with anyone, I simply avoid men," Rysia wrote, per the outlet. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! She then detailed, according to UPI, her strong feelings for the message's intended recipient. "My dear, I am a terrible egoist, I only write about myself, but I only think about you, I see you at every moment," Rysia penned. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! According to Ammon News, Eryk and Kuba have made an effort to find the letter's author. The outlet reported that the two preteens have contacted a museum in Tarnów with hopes of fully identifying — and later locating — Rysia. Read the original article on People
