Message in Bottle Discovered on Beach Nearly 20 Years Later

Cassidy Beach was in Turks and Caicos when she discovered a message in a bottle from nearly 20 years ago. Turns out, the bottle was thrown off a fishing boat in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Pennel Ames wrote more than 500 letters and stuffed them into bottles which he tossed into the ocean off the coast of Nantucket in the early 2000s. Over the years, more than 80 people have responded to his messages in a bottle.

[@Nasiruify]

I was expecting a bottle to be centuries old but nope, a guy just littering the ocean with spam

[@leepe6956]

LOL!

[@NotSoSuave]

🤣🤣🤣…my thoughts too

[@bbbean]

So it's not littering the ocean if someone did the same thing centuries ago? Sound logic.

[@Nasiruify]

@@bbbean it’s the same thing, cept now people know better, plus we have the internet bruv

[@dmullz100]

lmao wow

[@Loverwinners]

He should be charged for littering 😅

[@AlainnCorcaigh]

for what? littering with a glass bottle that's made from sand

[@NittyGritty420]

@@AlainnCorcaighyeah everyone knows you just litter paper too because it’s made of trees. 🙄

[@MarkusVolcanz]

500 bottles?? Dude you were taking this too seriously back then and literally polluting the ocean. A few bottles tops would have been enough!

[@Trebbell]

Relax its glass...its not plastic lmao

[@thejhonnie]

It was suddenly way less cool that someone found the 20 year old bottle from him when you learn he's chucked over 500 into the ocean lol

[@bbbean]

Glass doesn't cause pollution. There is no chemical leaching of glass.

[@luddydude182]

dont rain on his parade bro 😐

[@jerseyjoyride1316]

500 bottles into the water and yet Inside Edition decided they needed him to throw one more in to show us how a bottle hits the water. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@timnik2902]

The only guy who gets exposed for his littering but doesn't get into trouble. Lmfao. You my friend may have influenced so many people to do this now. But there circumstances may land them into jail.

[@michaelgiovanniello3230]

What a heartwarming story about filling our oceans with garbage.

[@angelicafn8847]

i don’t think 500 glass bottles is going to affect earths 139 million square miles of ocean 🤷‍♂️

[@rose.g.]

​@@angelicafn8847Of course it affects the ocean. That's just one person's trash, it adds up.

[@Vegito_fan6]

Biodegradable trash tho

[@laverne13]

​@@angelicafn8847it might affect the ocean by influencing people, though unintentional, to do the same.

[@x_sama5560]

It just glass and paper. Those things will turn into their particulate matter in a few years.

[@tenzinchoezom7070]

I’m not happy what the hell is going on? 500 bottles in littering the ocean 😢

[@NikkiSmirks]

I was thinking this was only 1 bottle. But 500? What the hell that's horrible

[@IronKidOfficial]

FR

[@ao2415]

they don't have tinder back then

[@bbbean]

That's literally nothing compared to the waste and pollution companies pump into the ocean on a daily basis. And it's just glass and paper (biodegradable.) Be glad it's not toxic sludge 😊 glass isn't leaching chemicals into the ocean like plastic, and if it breaks, the broken pieces edges will round out as they become weathered. The paper turns back into pulp and completely biodegrades.

[@NunnaYoBidnizz]

didnt have@@ao2415

[@pakdrescott6492]

@@ao2415hahah you’re awesome

[@mutiyangpilingbabae9207]

Wow! That is amazing after 20 years it is still in good condition. I'm glad they had form friendship but I hope the old man would stop throwing bottles in the ocean.

[@sergeabt1046]

at least it's not plastic

[@VeriStrawberi]

Throwing 100 bottles in the ocean is like you throwing a plastic straw from a helicopter over NYC. It’s doing nothing to anything.

[@edmundolanderos6085]

He is polluting and no one talks about it

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Didn't you listen? They said he threw them in the early 2000s, so he's not throwing them anymore.

[@Well04fLife]

​@kutter_ttl6786 ,he's throwing them now in front of the camera. He's wearing the same shirt the whole time. So no. He's littering and polluting now in frontof your eyes.

[@NittyGritty420]

500 bottles?? That’s a lot of trash

[@AlainnCorcaigh]

glass is just sand

[@bbbean]

That's literally nothing in the grand scheme of things. You have absolutely no concept of how big the ocean is.

[@WalrusQuake]

@@bbbean Yeah but it's still a lot of trash

[@deanraney1049]

Rich people throwing garbage in the ocean for their own entertainment. Go figure.

[@angelachen-channel]

Wow 20 years and finding the person who wrote it is so heart warming ❤ I hope he doesn’t do that anymore now because it pollutes the ocean

[@kevincooper8232]

Such a heartwarming story about filling our oceans with garbage and for what, the potential of entertainment of someone replying back to his pointless messages? A whale or another sea animal could have and may have swallowed one of these bottles and possibly suffered and died as a result.

[@angelachen-channel]

@@kevincooper8232 I agree. I hope he doesn’t do it anymore

[@IronKidOfficial]

I thought it was only going to be 1 bottle, but thinking he threw 500!!! THAt IS NOT that RARE

[@lll-w]

it’s cute when a kid does it once but bro’s too old for littering all those bottles

[@staffzx]

It's a pretty cool story, especially since the bottles travelled so far to different places. But at the same time, I'm just thinking that he's littering in the ocean and a poor whale could've accidentally eaten one of those bottles

[@bstaznkid4lyfe392]

I was thinking the same that he shouldn't be littering..

[@MrNoLen5]

Lol, then he gets a ticket for littering in the mail. 😅

[@windshearahead7012]

Littering the ocean bro

[@Summ3r808]

I have two problems one is littering and two is Wales is not England I know it’s a common mistake but Wales is a country

[@xKiNx]

Once I threw a message in a bottle. Dad found it and beat my ass for drinking his wild turkey and littering the hot tub 🤔

[@youcanknowit9374]

So what your saying is you littered 20 years ago and your trash washed up on our shore thanks bud

[@fytghggyungf7601]

No, the bottles were glass. He recycled them.

[@bonitobonita9263]

I Know it’s romantic and at least it’s glass bottles not plastic bottles, but either way it’s illegal dumping in the ocean. And 500!?

[@creamysauce5351]

He should be charged for littering and added on fines for the amount of years it took for the bottles to be located and properly thrown away.

[@Space_ace273]

When glass is left in the natural environment, it is less likely to cause pollution than plastic. Unlike plastics, which break down into microplastics that can leach into our soils and water, glass is non-toxic.

[@creamysauce5351]

@@Space_ace273 still he set an example that anyone and everyone can do it. It’s garbage behavior and principles

[@missfortune8553]

Gotta suck the fun out of everything, don’t you? This man alone is not destroying the environment… only 10% of plastic is actually recycled.

[@kevinchy1925]

I miss the early 2000's, can't believe it was 20 years ago now.

[@Godsbutterfly4923]

Yes. I have a lot of good memories from that time. How time flies. - Jesus loves all and wants to save all! Romans 10:9-10✌️

[@ediekoller1144]

Nothing like polluting the ocean on bottles that never get found.

[@CanadianSpeedster]

Polluting the ocean with melted sand?

[@ediekoller1144]

@@CanadianSpeedster Glass bottles mr canadian.

[@CanadianSpeedster]

@@ediekoller1144 natural sand melted down makes glass …

[@ediekoller1144]

O i did not have my thinking cap on sorry for the error of my stupidity!

[@CanadianSpeedster]

@@ediekoller1144 😉

[@vetiverose128]

500 bottles? Man still hasn't outgrown his childhood fantasies.

[@mcdragon0123]

He should be charged for littering in the ocean

[@fytghggyungf7601]

The bottles were glass, he recycled them.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

This Is Not News

[@kevinwatkins2762]

How is this not considered littering? 😅

[@fytghggyungf7601]

Because it’s glass, which is made from sand, therefore this is recycling since he returned the bottle back to where it originated from.

[@petedogg47]

It's a whole lot less impressive when you find out he did it 500 times.

[@millionairemallory9361]

When you drink 500 bottles of champagne I guess you don't give a damn where you throw them! 😝

[@virginia6793]

How many did he get back and when did he receive his first callback?

[@willcookmakeup]

"Hey mom, im gonna go hang out with that guy who threw that note in a bottle off a boat that told me to go find him". Lolol jokes aside what a cool story, I'm sure he had no idea he would get so many responses and make so many people feel like old world adventurers finding treasure

[@shemorhenry18]

You ruined it

[@missfortune8553]

@@shemorhenry18 Nah, the people crying about littering did.

[@jolyfrye1871]

This is why their is sooo much trash in our oceans..🌊 😮What a shame...😮

[@journeymansmitty8283]

Well I think he just found a new way to contact people old school style🤔

[@Severussnapebestfriend]

I throw glass bottles with fake treasure maps and all that. all the time. I still do it every time I go on a boat. 😂

[@garmenlin5990]

Be like "Treasure in North Korea" lol

[@MrChbnovember]

Yes and I lifted your fingerprints off that bottle and now I printed off 100’s of treasure maps with your location from fingerprints.

[@johnsmith9966]

@@MrChbnovemberthank you for your service

[@s.avelar.7979]

I'm from the Azores 😅. Great message. It's great for the ocean and friends that live in it. Stop doing the stupid to our ocean 😤. Garbage is garbage 🗑.

[@Totally_Not_A_Pigeon]

🎶Message in a bottle🎵

[@LaRhondaTurner]

🎼🎶🎶I'll send an SOS to the world🎶🎶

[@kevincooper8232]

Such a heartwarming story about filling our oceans with garbage and for what, the potential of entertainment of someone replying back to his pointless messages? A whale or another sea animal could have and may have swallowed one of these bottles and possibly suffered and died as a result.

[@thatgirlPAIGE94]

Let’s not keep throwing bottles in the damn ocean 🥴

[@bbbean]

Instead of attacking individuals who throw a literal negligible amount of glass (non polluting) into the ocean, try going after the companies that pump literal tons of garbage, plastic, and toxic sludge into the ocean on a daily basis. These 500 bottles made absolutely no impact on the ocean.

[@jessieLeerodriguez0]

We have a confession for littering. Prosecute this man!

[@Chipswitch22]

This man is a serial litterer. I hope he is charged

[@fireflymiesumae]

That's pretty insane

[@Cacowninja]

He's a real life rpg quest giver.

[@kennyphun1946]

A couple is cool but 500, heck no that’s too much. This video will make this guy famous for throwing trash in the ocean lol

[@fytghggyungf7601]

He didn’t throw trash in the ocean tho 🤔 He recycled glass by returning it to the environment in which it came from.

[@emanuelcollado1343]

😂😂😂😂who is this guy getting away with littering our Atlantic ocean

[@juliangarcia2010]

🤦🏻He’s polluting the ocean with hundreds of bottles he’s throwing into the sea.🌊He should consider a new hobby.

[@MrBRS559]

Did anybody else notice the creep looking up the stairs where the girl was being interviewed? 😂

[@master-kq3nw]

Finding person who wrote that is amazing

[@xxmr.edoodxx5326]

If everyone threw 500 bottles into the ocean?! Omg. This is stupid

[@robs.8692]

Really?! Wonder if the other 420 not recovered killed any marine life!

[@Teefs143]

Did this way back 2008 when i was on ship.

[@astrology2290]

stop ocean littering

[@willyfoofoo318]

Soooooo...if we write messages on things we can just throw all our trash in the ocean 😅 now?

[@Frootloopsloll]

hog riderr

[@unmasking7974]

LOL

[@fgdst6328]

LMFAO

[@bartulis8036]

Wow man admitted to littering 500 times.....

[@fytghggyungf7601]

Recycling actually. The bottles were glass, not plastic.

[@iambluey.]

Still can't believe 2000s is 20 yrs ago

[@kittylikemebluejay9723]

Same... We getting old...

[@nattydelights6381]

In other words - *got drunk and through bottles in ocean*

[@bbbean]

Yes he got drunk on 500 bottles of wine and made an organized effort to make sure people could contact him by setting up a po box. Typical drunk people behavior

[@BonShula]

The Police has done so much damage since they released that song

[@sylviarobinson5952]

🐝 🚓

[@censorbleep3018]

It becomes a little less special when its 500 bottles . . . shouldn't he be arrested for littering?

[@irrelevant2235]

Such a heartwarming story about filling our oceans with garbage and for what, the potential of entertainment of someone replying back to his pointless messages? A whale or another sea animal could have and may have swallowed one of these bottles and possibly suffered and died as a result.

[@Sentarry]

500 bottles? Yeah, those messages weren't so special, were they? lol It was a "social experiment" all along

[@paceyourself5652]

Litterer

[@lynnjames6629]

🎶Message in a bottle, yea…”🎶 -Sting

[@RelaxWithDog]

no way 2004 was 20 years ago. NO WAY

[@thecrazyyoutuber1454]

I was not born yete when he did this!!

[@zekethefreak4]

I can tell you that wasn’t 20 years ago I was born in January of 2004 and I’m 19 this bottle was dated September 2004 meaning it was casted 8 months after I was born and seeing as we aren’t even at September 30th yet;the bottle was actually casted 18 years ago and won’t be 20 year until next September

[@HOOLITHEWORLD]

Wow! That’s fascinating.

[@paulchambers969]

Makes me want to listen to the police

[@paceyourself5652]

Why?

[@paceyourself5652]

Oh just got it

[@Olzme]

Ok but this guy picks up trash from the ocean on his free time then right? because otherwise that's messed up; he tossed over 500 bottles into the sea i mean like what about the turtles

[@kevinsloane5105]

DUDE 500 TF

[@amtrakfan5511]

littering

[@chrisprescott2273]

Just a cast away Island lost at sea oh Another lonely day No one here but me oh.... Ill send an S.O.S. to the world. I hope that someone gets my..

[@cnewt00]

Can we arrest this man for littering 🙄

[@fytghggyungf7601]

No, the bottles were glass so this is actually recycling.

[@MrChbnovember]

Karen here: I want to press charges for littering in commercial waters and attempting murder upon endangered marine mammals.

[@randomstuff797]

It's 20 yrs 😂😂😂😂 that's still this millennia i'd be impressed if it was 50-100 yrs old

[@jimas9775]

So he tossed 500 bottles --so he littered and we give him an applause 🤦‍♂️

[@amiraducaleh]

Ok 5 but 500. He should be fined for littering not famed on tv Medias a joke

[@mirandavasquez3111]

Inside edition should take this down! Your encouraging pollution!!

[@31yearold.]

Omg another love story about ruining the planet and trashing our ocean so heart warming.

[@turkwendell6904]

I hope that someone finds my, I hope that someone finds my, message in a bottle

[@garyallen6153]

How about everyone throwing bottles into the ocean to add to the pollution

[@FDR-ww6xz]

It's like this man uses messages in bottles as a Messaging App saying "Will you be my friend?".

[@arqjavierobregon]

Isn’t that ocean littering?

[@fytghggyungf7601]

Nope, the bottles were glass not plastic, so this is considered recycling.

[@arqjavierobregon]

@@fytghggyungf7601 so you have to dispose glass inside an ocean dumpster not at sea!

[@Spice99857]

That was not 20 years ago, that was 19 years ago. 10/27/23.

[@audraarndt1824]

Polluting?

[@fytghggyungf7601]

Recycling, the bottles were glass.

[@thekamotodragon]

Bro is mass-producing these things lol.

[@powerteknologitv3422]

What great way pulling girls

[@DV-ol7vt]

That’s about as slow as my mail service

[@nthnmonkey]

Just no Plastic Bottles mmmmmkaaay. 😬

[@maxamilliansteele6454]

_IS THAT ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND?_

[@emersongeorge2863]

it probably passed by the titanic which is cool

[@lucidloki2814]

That’s just littering with extra steps

[@donaldlandon1475]

Littered.

[@RichardThompson-v8d]

Let's celebrate how much this man litters the ocean.

[@fytghggyungf7601]

You mean recycles, the bottles were glass.

[@kevink7883]

Inside Edition running out of stories to report on

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

Stop throwing trash in the ocean

[@mcj2219]

Stop mocking the almighty

[@Theonetruegod-hw2ei]

@@mcj2219 make me. Plus your imaginary friend is not real. Grow up.

[@mraruba]

@@Theonetruegod-hw2ei you’re all over this channel acting really unhinged. Talk about ‘grow up’

[@justincase4382]

I carve my messages into car batteries

[@SamikJonakGhosh]

Yes, more trash in the water.

[@jeffs4483]

That's called littering.

[@JinxNightcore]

Pretty cool

[@michaelmorehouse8872]

Definitely some good stuff here, beats all the negative stuff going on in the world today.

[@irrelevant2235]

Such a heartwarming story about filling our oceans with garbage and for what, the potential of entertainment of someone replying back to his pointless messages? A whale or another sea animal could have and may have swallowed one of these bottles and possibly suffered and died as a result.

[@jenb.8724]

That’s littering lol I wonder if he drank all 500 bottles himself lol

[@fytghggyungf7601]

The bottles were glass, not plastic so it’s actually recycling.