Canadian couple’s message in a bottle found 13 years later 2,000 miles away: “A metaphor for resilience”

A Message in a bottle Throwing in the Atlantic Ocean by a Canadian couple in Newfoundland 13 years ago recently washed a beach in Ireland on the ground.

The couple, identified by various American and Canadian media like Brad and Anita Squires, was on the island of Newfoundland in 2012 when they decided to throw a message into the sea.

“The excursion of a day by Anita and Brad in Bell Island,” said the note. “Today, we enjoyed dinner, this bottle of wine and the other, by the island.” He asked anyone to find the message of “please call us”, followed by a scribbled number.

“I gave him everything I had,” Brad Squires told the Canadian press in an interview on Wednesday. “We didn’t see him hitting the water, it was too high. I just supposed that it broke on the rocks.”

The bottle survived the launch and for 13 years, it floated through the Atlantic Ocean until it washes about 2000 kilometers in the scraggane bay in the Maharees peninsula along the southwest coast of Ireland.

He was recovered Monday by Kate and Jon Gay, who shared the discovery with a local conversation group.

“Really? A message in a bottle? Really? Wow!” Kate Gay told CBS News by e-mail on Friday. “We could not see writing on the newspaper inside – and decided to save the excitement of opening it until that evening.”

She is a community partner of the Maharaes Conservation Association. They work together to strengthen coastal resilience thanks to a creative exploration with the community, she said.

“I thought it would be a fun way to start a project meeting that we had at home that evening … and I was not mistaken!” She said in her email. “This bottle had survived so many storms that caused damage, erosion and floods in Maharees … Yet it happened on our beach, that day, a little altered but strong holder!”

That night, the association shared an article on its Facebook page with photos of the bottle and message. He quickly became viral.

“Such a long way to travel and so long to get here, but we got it! Now, if only Anita and Brad just answered the phone they told us to call them !!!” The position indicated.

“It seems that we let a genius come out of this bottle!” Kate Gay said.

In less than an hour, the Squires – now married to three children and living in Newfoundland, according to the Canadian press – contacted the conservation group confirming that they were the Brad and Anita in the note.

“Anita and I have both the impression of having new friends, and we are all also surprised,” said Brad Squires.

He and his wife celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary next year. It is also the 10th anniversary of the conversation association.

“It’s such a romantic story – and it brought joy to so many people,” Kate Gay told CBS News. “The” message in a bottle “went from a time capsule of a happy moment on Bell Island to a metaphor for resilience and the effect of training actions and positive connections.”