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Man makes decades-old find while cleaning river - AOL News

Nov 9th 2016 4:58 PM

EATON RAPIDS, Mich. (WXMI) – As Nathan Foote drudged through the waters of the Grand River, picking out pieces of garbage and debris, something caught his eye that turned out to be the find of a lifetime.

It was a liquor bottle, rusted and empty. The bottle wasn't worth money – it wasn't an antique and it wasn't some rare brand. In fact, it wasn't even the bottle itself that made this particular discovery so amazing. It was the message inside.

"I actually thought it was just normal litter," said Foote, speaking on the phone with FOX 17 today. "I looked down and saw that and thought, 'what in the world is that in that old bottle?'"

Turns out the note, rolled and tied with a piece of fishing line, had made its way down the waters of the Grand from Rives Junction, Michigan. Its author was Marcia Polly, who, to Foote's surprise, had penned the note nearly 35 years prior.
 

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