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  • Message in bottle from Hawaii found on Bradenton Beach

    05/30/2025 1:10:53 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 50 replies
    Bay News 9 ^ | 27 May, 2025 | BY Josh Rojas Manatee County
    BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — A tiny bottle with a message inside traveled from Hawaii in ocean currents before being washed ashore in Bradenton Beach on Sunday and found by a girl visiting from Michigan. “It was in this tiny little glass bottle with cute little origami birds,” said Paris Hoisington, 31. “She was so surprised. Came running right towards me on the beach.” Hoisington said it’s every kid’s dream to find a message in a bottle at the beach. Her daughter, Josie Law, 11, said at first she thought it was a piece of trash floating in the water. “Then...
  • UFO sighting reported in Bradenton Beach

    11/17/2022 4:53:24 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 33 replies
    amisun.com ^ | November 14, 2022 | By Jason Schaffer -
    Bradenton Beach police officer spotted a strange incident while on patrol at Coquina Beach on the morning of Nov. 5 that left him scratching his head with far more questions than answers. “I saw a Coast Guard plane flying over the bay, then I watch them turn back toward the Gulf. I thought what the heck is that as I look up and saw a big black thing in the sky,” Bradenton Beach Police Officer Charles Morose said. “I’m estimating based on the size of the plane in the sky, it was at least the size of a car, or...