STUART, Fla. – When Connie Jaynes reached for a bottle she found on the beach near her home on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts, she thought she was picking up trash. But much to her amazement ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Clint Buffington is from the notably landlocked state of Utah — but when he found his first bottled note on a beach after college, he was hooked. “If you can find one, there ...

When Clint was nearly done with college, his parents went on a vacation to the Caribbean, returning with a message in a bottle. “I learned about his bottles, and I always dreamed of finding one ...