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Messages Found In Bottle Off Massachusetts Coast, But Where They Came From Still A Mystery

The bottle was filled with several messages from various family members who were writing to a man named Ken.

(CBS Boston)

Updated on: January 3, 2025 / 5:39 AM EST

BEVERLY - A trip to a park in Beverly, Massachusetts for a bit of fun on the water ended with the discovery of messages in a bottle. Now the person who found it is trying to reconnect the letters with their rightful owners.

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Doug Turnbull was wing foiling at Lynch Park when the wind died down. He was forced to swim to shore at a different beach than he set out from. As he dragged his gear through the sand, he stumbled upon the bottle.

"I could read that it said 'I miss you all of the time,'" Turnbull told WBZ-TV.

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Doug Turnbull is trying to find the person who wrote messages in a bottle found in Beverly/CBS Boston

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