Twenty-two years ago, three Swedish children made a fake pirate map, put it in a glass bottle, and sent it into the sea. It’s unlikely that Erik Runestam, Lina Runestam, and Christoffer Högström remembered birthing this message in a bottle in a nearby harbor two months after the fact. However, to hear over two decades later that someone came across their map was probably one heck of a blast from the past. Or Panama, technically.
The fake pirate map the kids sent out.
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When Leonard Pearson found the map on a Panamanian beach, he took it home and translated its message with the help of Google. After finding a return address, Pearson decided to write the trio back. Högström and the Runestams were thrilled to learn that their map made a successful voyage, but unfortunately, Pearson failed to leave a return address. The group remains hopeful that they’ll be able to track him down. As evidenced by the letter they received, these things can take time.
The map’s voyage.
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(via laughingsquid)
That’s quite the journey. Hopefully, it doesn’t take them another 22 years to track down Pearson. Maybe they should just try sending another bottle.
