An American Kid Got a Response to a Message in a Bottle from Someone in France 9 Years Later

What are the chances?!?! I’ve never thrown a message in a bottle into a body of water, but if I ever did, I would hope the story would end like this one did.

When Max Vredenburgh was 10 years old, he threw a bottle with a message in it into the ocean by Rockport, Massachusetts. This was back in August 2010. The letter read, “Hello my name is Max, whoever is reading this letter, please write back… I”ll tell you a little bit about myself. I’m 1o years old, I like apples, I like the beach, my favorite colors blue, I like animals, I like cars, and I like outer space. Please write back. Sincerely, Max Vredenburgh.”

Fast forward nine years later and the letter was found on a beach in France in October 2019.

https://twitter.com/VredenburghMax/status/1192948461320192003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1192948461320192003&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpleated-jeans.com%2F2019%2F11%2F11%2Famerican-kid-gets-response-to-message-in-a-bottle-9-years-later-from-guy-in-france%2F

The return letter from France reads as follows: “Hello. I found your message in your bottle on October 10, 2019 on a beach in France, between Contis and Mimizan. According to your date, August 21, 2009, It will have taken 9 years to cover the 6000kms that separates us. You had grown a lot during that time: 10 to 19 years old. I put you some maps below to locate you. Respectfully, G. Dubois.”

Vredenburgh shared the story on Twitter and it went viral in a huge way.

https://twitter.com/VredenburghMax/status/1193375890723495936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1193375890723495936&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpleated-jeans.com%2F2019%2F11%2F11%2Famerican-kid-gets-response-to-message-in-a-bottle-9-years-later-from-guy-in-france%2F

and 5) that max still lives in the same place

— nic 🌸 (@danyqira) November 10, 2019

This is the coolest shit I’ve ever seen on Twitter

— Collette🧢 (@IAmColllettte) November 9, 2019

As of today, the post has 140,000 retweets and 535,000 likes. Amazingly, Vredenburgh and his pen pal have now connected on Instagram. Vredenburgh said of G. Dubois, “I want to know about him. I want to know if he likes, what his favorite food is, what his favorite color is. Does he like space?”

What a great story! I wish all social media was this positive and wholesome!