Bermuda Couple Finds US Message In A Bottle

A Bermuda couple recently found a glass bottle holding a message from a young American boy while beach-combing in the Bahamas, continuing a story that began when the message was launched into the Atlantic Ocean nearly three years ago.

Carol and Andrew Gracie found the bottle and the message held within it while out for a walk on a private stretch of beach in Cave Cay.

According to a report in the Shelter Island Reporter, “My name is Connor,” the message read. “I live on Shelter Island. It is a small Island in between the two forks of Long Island, which extend out from New York City about 100 miles east.

“Our year-round population is about 2,500 people, but in the summer we have a lot more tourists and summer people who only have summer homes out here…I have a younger brother named Mitchell. He is 8. I also have a younger sister named Angelina. She is 5. My dog is a puggle named Boo.”

“Back on their boat that day, Mr. Gracie found two notes inside the bottle, both wrapped in brown paper to protect the writing from the sun.

“The first note was Connor’s and the second was from his Shelter Island School teacher, Jack Reardon, who had tucked his email addresses into the bottle. For security reasons, Mr. Reardon wanted to ensure that an initial contact would be made with him, not a student.

“It was Mr. Reardon who had launched the message in a bottle from his boat off the waters of Shelter Island in May 2011.”

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