來自緬因州的漂流瓶，21年后在蘇格蘭被發(fā)現(xiàn)

來自緬因州的漂流瓶，21年后在蘇格蘭被發(fā)現(xiàn)

A message in a bottle cast out to sea off the coast of Maine in 1998 was found earlier this month on a Scottish island — completing an epic 21-year, 3,000-mile journey, according to reports.

據(jù)報道，本月早些時候，在蘇格蘭的一個小島上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個漂流瓶，里面裝著1998年從緬因州海岸裝進去的紙條，這個漂流瓶完成了長達21年、3000英里的史詩般的旅程。

Matt Rhoades was just 13 years old when he delivered the message while vacationing with his family in Well, Maine.

馬特·羅德斯(Matt Rhoades)在緬因州韋爾(Well)與家人度假時放下了這個漂流瓶，當時他只有13歲。

The youngster’s simple message read: “Hello, my name is Matt Rhoades. Please write back,” along with his then-New Hampshire address, according to the Gloucester Daily Times.

年輕人簡單的留言是：“你好，我叫馬特·羅迪斯，請回信。“根據(jù)格洛斯特日報報道，留言上還寫著他當時在新罕布什爾州的地址。

Rhoades, now a 34-year-old musician living in Newburyport, Massachusetts, was contacted on Twitter earlier this month by Scotland native Mike Bolam, who said he found Rhoades’ long-lost letter during a family trip to the Scottish island of North Uist.

現(xiàn)年34歲的羅迪斯住在馬薩諸塞州紐伯里港，本月早些時候，蘇格蘭籍邁克·博拉姆在Twitter上與他取得聯(lián)系。博拉姆說他在蘇格蘭北部烏斯特島的一次家庭旅行中發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個漂流瓶。

Rhodes at first believed Bolam’s message “was spam,” he told the paper.

羅迪斯起初認為博拉姆的信息是“垃圾郵件”，他告訴該報。

But once he saw the photo of the letter, adorned with his adolescent handwriting, he realized it wasn’t a hoax, according to WHDH.

但是當他看到這封信的照片時，他意識到這不是一個騙局。

“There’s my handwriting, everything. All the info. Everything accurate — and I was like, ‘Holy crap, I remember doing this,’” he told the network.

“這是我的筆跡，所有的東西。所有的信息。每件事都很準確——我當時想，‘天哪，我記得我做過這件事，’”他告訴cnn。

“I mean honestly, I probably forgot about it like an hour after I did it. I was like a little kid, and just thinking ‘this is so magical.’ ”

“說實話，我可能在做完一小時后就忘了。我就像一個小孩子，想著‘這太神奇了。’”

Ruminating over his message’s unlikely discovery, Rhoades has one regret.

在反復思考他的漂流瓶不太可能被發(fā)現(xiàn)時，羅迪斯有一些遺憾。

“That thing has been floating for most of my life,” he told the Gloucester Daily Times. “Had I known it would be found 20 years later, I would have written something much more substantial.”

他在接受《格洛斯特每日時報》采訪時表示:“在我生命的大部分時間里，這個東西一直在漂浮。”“如果我知道它會在20年后被發(fā)現(xiàn)，我就會寫一些更有意義的東西。”

There appears to be one more chapter in the message in a bottle’s journey, as Rhoades told WHDH that he wants to fly to Scotland to see the letter and meet the message’s receiver.

這個瓶子的旅程，似乎還有新的一章，羅迪斯告訴記者，他想飛到蘇格蘭去看看信，并見見收信人。