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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...