US Boy Throws Message In Bottle At Sea, Gets Reply After 9 Years From France

Are you someone who totally digs the idea of throwing a bottle containing a message in the ocean and hope that someday a person will actually find it and reach out to you? While the chances of this happening may be negligible, it came true for one guy.

According to a report by News18, an American guy had thrown a bottle containing a message into the sea in Massachusetts back in 2010 when he was just 10 years old. 9 years later, someone actually found the bottle somewhere in France and wrote him back!

Back in 2010, the guy, Max Vredenburgh, had written an adorable little note saying, “Whoever is reading this letter, please write back.”

He also mentioned a few details about himself like his age, that he likes eating apples, and that he likes the beach, animals, and the colour blue. 9 years later, someone wrote back to him saying how he found his letter on October 10, 2019, on a beach in France.

“According to your date…it will have taken 9 years to cover the 6,000 km that separates us.”

The letter also contained a map of France and an arrow pointing out where exactly the bottle was found – between Contis and Mimizan.

Max took to Twitter to post pictures of the letters and said that he was mind blown!

On August 21, 2010 I threw a message in a bottle into the ocean from a beach in Rockport, MA. On October 10, 2019 that letter was found on the beach in France. I am mind blown. 9 years. pic.twitter.com/Af2tEwoQtq

— max (@VredenburghMax) November 8, 2019

As his tweet went viral, the guy who found his bottle was able to trace Max and got in touch with him! Ah, the power of the internet.

https://twitter.com/VredenburghMax/status/1193682437836025857

People on Twitter are excited as ever to see before their eyes a miracle coming true!

This is the coolest shit I’ve ever seen on Twitter

— Collette🧢 (@IAmColllettte) November 9, 2019

I always wanted to do this as a kid but I was scared that the whales might eat the bottle and die lmaooo

— jenni (@svgartits) November 10, 2019

Not only did the bottle 1) go somewhere other than just further along the shore of his beach 2) travel thousands of miles into a populated area 3) was found by someone who realized it had a note and 4) was found by someone in fucking France that speaks English. This is incredible

— David 🥟🥟🥟 (@davidalopezz) November 10, 2019

My favorite people are the ones that are optimistic enough as children to throw messages in a bottle

— rella 🇩🇴 (@isxrel) November 10, 2019

People like him who actually took the time to write back need to be protected.

— Miss Tabitha (@MissTabitha2) November 10, 2019

this is the cute and wholesome content that I wish the entire internet was :')

— deanna (@deannawigz) November 10, 2019

Speaking to CBS, Max said:

“When I first read his letter, my heart, my stomach just dropped. I was like, ‘Oh my God. My 10-year-old wish just came true. This is insane’. This kind of made me reflect back on who I used to be.”

The only time I saw the ‘message in a bottle’ thing come true was in the film Anjaana Anjaani! It is surreal to see how people in this world are connected by a force greater than themselves.

However, it is to be kept in mind that throwing bottles into the sea is harmful for the environment. It’s better to not get swayed by a romantic idea at the cost of the ocean.