US Edition11-Year-Old Finds Message in a Bottle From Hawaii on Florida Beach
- An 11-year-old named Josie found a message in a bottle from Hawaii washed ashore on Anna Maria Island, Florida, in 2025.
- The bottle had been released in 2018 off the coast of Oahu by a now 21-year-old woman and her younger brother when they were kids.
- Josie quickly grabbed the bottle bobbing in the surf while searching for seashells, which revealed a note alongside a tiny paper origami figure.
- Meteorologist Bobby Deskins confirmed the bottle could have traveled from Hawaii to Florida via a complex path of ocean currents, making the journey technically possible.
- The discovery sparked curiosity and delight but the original sender now advises against releasing bottles at sea, calling it littering and illegal despite the magical experience.
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11-year-old finds message in a bottle from Hawaii on Florida beach
CORTEZ, Fla. (SNN) — It started out as a typical day on Florida's Cortez Beach but then one family vacationing from Michigan got a surprise in the surf. “I was just walking and I was looking for sand dollars, shells and shark teeth,” said Josie Law, an 11-year-old visiting from Michigan. “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 …
11-year-old finds message in a bottle from Hawaii in Manatee County
CORTEZ, Fla. (SNN) – It started out as a typical day on Cortez Beach. However, for a family vacationing from Michigan, the tide brought in something out of the ordinary. Bradenton taps familiar face as new police chief “I was just walking and I was looking for sand dollars, shells and shark teeth,” said Josie Law, an 11-year-old visiting from Michigan. “Then I came across this bottle, and I thought it was just a piece of trash. I picked it…
Michigan family visiting beach in Bradenton finds message in bottle from Hawaii - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
BRADENTON, Fla. (WSVN) — A family looking for seashells in Bradenton Beach found something a lot more special. A message in a bottle that had traveled all the way from Hawaii. Paris Hoisington and her 11-year-old daughter, Josie, were on Anna Maria Island when a treasure washed ashore on Sunday. “And we were just walking right over here,” said Paris. “We were just looking for seashells and sand dollars. And we found something way cooler than tha…
Two Kids Found a 66-Year-Old Love Letter in a Bottle Among WWII-Era Ruins
Every kid dreams of finding hidden treasure while out exploring. A message in a bottle is a very close second. Two 10-year-old boys, Eryk and Kuba, were poking around the crumbling WWII bunkers on Stogi Beach in Gdańsk, Poland when they spotted what looked like an old soda bottle. At first, they thought it might be a joke. But curiosity won. Inside was a faded letter, sealed for decades. Getting to it wasn’t easy. The glass wouldn’t give, and ev…
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