Message in bottle yields response

[The Straight Story]

Message in bottle yields response


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A group of California fishermen who sent a message in a bottle two years ago said they were delighted when someone found the bottle and even sent a reply.

The fishermen, from the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas, said they tossed the bottle into the water just south of San Diego in August 2007 with a message about Bob Dubcich, a friend of theirs who died from a rare form of cancer, KSBW-TV, Salinas, Calif., reported Monday.

The men said they enclosed $20 with the note to increase the chances of someone coming forward after finding it, which they said felt like sending their friend out to sea for a last voyage.

"(We said) if anyone found the bottle, send it back and we'd send you $100 so we made sure we'd get it back," John Saunders said.

Saunders said he and his friends were shocked by how far the bottle had traveled -- to the Philippines.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/02/09/Message-in-bottle-yields-response/UPI-89341265762418/

[HBravo]

1. What a good story.

I really enjoyed the part about sending their friend on a 10,000 mile trip.