A young girl and her classmates came across a message in a bottle, only to find out that the bottle's previous owner wasn't a stranger. Scarlet Van Eyk, a fourth grader at St. John the Baptist ...

A message in a bottle that was tossed off the Jersey Shore 54 years ago was found in the Bahamas. Amateur bottle message hunter Cliff Buffington was on vacation in the Bahamas when he spotted a Dr.

When Makenzie Van Eyk was in fourth grade in 1998, she tossed a message in a bottle in a lake as part of a school assignment. She figured she’d never see it again. Van Eyk, who lives in small town in ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An amateur fisherman has lifted the lid on the story behind a message in a bottle he discovered while out in his kayak ...

In March of 2008, Joe Johnson dropped a message in a bottle into the ocean off the coast of Brazil and promptly forgot about it. The Towson man, an avid traveler with an affinity for cruises, ...

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — A tiny bottle with a message inside traveled from Hawaii in ocean currents before being washed ashore in Bradenton Beach on Sunday and found by a girl visiting from Michigan.

MASHPEE - A message in a bottle washed ashore in Mashpee. Inside was a letter from a 14-year-old girl. It had been floating in the ocean for nearly 60 years, and now it is returning to the author's ...