

My name is Catherine Carroll I am 10 years old. I am writing to you from Hamilton, Massachusetts with my tipe writer. I hope you had a wonderful 2016 and I wish you a even better 2017. Transcription of Catherine Carroll’s 2017 Message in a Bottle The fact that Catherine asked for this for Christmas–well, she’s just singlehandedly revived my faith in the upcoming generation! Here’s her typewritten letter.Ĭatherine’s typewritten 2017 message in a bottle. And it goes without saying that people who own typewriters are regarded as extremely cool. Each word–no, each letter you type smacks the page with a hearty THWACK! Writing on a typewriter makes writing feel important. They are immensely satisfying to write on.

A TYPEWRITER! Now, everyone knows (or should know) that typewriters are extremely cool.

For one, Catherine, now 11 but 10 at the time, apparently asked for a typewriter for Christmas 2016. There are so many things to love about this story. That’s right: Anonymous! Usually it’s the SENDER who is hard to find–but in this case, the person who FOUND the message in a bottle remains a mystery! Catherine’s 2017 message in a bottle thus managed the strange feat of being found by someone who she cannot find. Flash forward to March 2018, when they received a lovely but mysterious letter in the mail from the bottle’s anonymous finder in County Donegal. Then, presumably, they all hopped in the car and drove home, and that was it. There, she sent a message in a bottle in celebration of the new year and wishing the finder happiness, according to the Donegal Daily. I love this story! It’s so mysterious! Check it out: An American girl named Catherine went to the beach on January 2nd, 2017, with her dad and her sister. 2017 Message in a Bottle Answered by Anonymous Irish Beachcomber
