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How One Man Found 1,200 Messages in Bottles
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Күн бұрынFor the past 34 years, Wim Kruiswijk has been traversing the coasts of Zandvoort, Netherlands, in search of messages-in-bottles that have washed ashore. So far, he’s collected an unbelievable 1,200 letters, responding to as many as he can. Though it may take Kruiswijk anywhere from days to months to come across his next find, the thrill of the search and the surprise that each bottle holds keeps him going.
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@beniaminm8506 6 жыл бұрын
I met this guy on a school trip in Texel and he was so kind he said that he doesn't just collect bottles he also picks up trash and makes furniture out of them. I'm so happy you made this video
@floralspectre 6 жыл бұрын
Beniamin M That’s awesome!!
@MartinTabanag 6 жыл бұрын
he really has an amazing advocacy in life.
@panzerelite1344 5 жыл бұрын
Most school trips to Texel has you meet this guy I met him too he’s really kind.
@johndii2194 4 жыл бұрын
I thought you spelled Texas wrong but you didn't. Texel is one of the Dutch Wadden Islands, off the coast of the Netherlands. Learned another thing.
@benskelly1217 6 жыл бұрын
I love how people just do it for fun sometimes.
@mroonicide 6 жыл бұрын
Ben Skelly ikr i wanna do it too
@stone9361 4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes; the other times, they’re stranded on a desert island
@jenniferkim1895 6 жыл бұрын
He's so pure I smiled
@sheer9203 3 жыл бұрын
ye
@scbikakku8558 6 жыл бұрын
don't collect too much, it'll bottle up
@heman6217 6 жыл бұрын
Abdulmohsen Aldamk jerk...
@strubbleler 6 жыл бұрын
get out...
@anoinks6511 6 жыл бұрын
You better rum
@lpsgogirl101 6 жыл бұрын
SCBikakku just get out
@heiloniris1747 6 жыл бұрын
Hahaha......
@kahlilhernandez7143 6 жыл бұрын
I'm surprise that you can still find these in this day-and-age.
@squid356 6 жыл бұрын
yeah thats what happens when you use plastic and/or glass, which takes from 450-millions of years do break down.
@justinali2672 6 жыл бұрын
Naomi Venegas that’s not the point lol he is saying that he is surprised that people on this day and age are still doing it
@user-tr2dh4xx6u 5 жыл бұрын
Why? Its cheap af to do and ANYONE could throw one out. Theres nothing preventing this
@KiddKoalaz 6 жыл бұрын
I read the title as 1,200 messages in a bottle lol
@Eeter26 6 жыл бұрын
KiddKoalaz That’s a big bottle
@norafaithrainbow1074 6 жыл бұрын
KiddKoalaz Same here
@nhicao8902 6 жыл бұрын
It says “bottles”
@emmawei8443 6 жыл бұрын
KiddKoalaz sameeee
@stayhydratedkingsqueens 6 жыл бұрын
KiddKoalaz ikr
@sircesaro 6 жыл бұрын
Someone collects them for 34 years, someone waiting for 34 years to get help.
@florinudriste3735 6 жыл бұрын
Cezar Gutu Asta da ironie a sortii:)). At least someone managed to read the message in the bottle.
@arrow-crabwithacrowbar9547 6 жыл бұрын
Florin Udriste yeah at least somebody read the message.
@nyanyan3503 6 жыл бұрын
well i bet he will ask for help if he knows what he got is sos
@ingestedebola7803 6 жыл бұрын
Cezar Gutu qqqq
@uboii 6 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@KabbitPatch 6 жыл бұрын
Best story channel, the editing makes everything look as magical as it is to the people in the video :)
@juliachang7220 6 жыл бұрын
Kabbit Patch has
@user-2499 6 жыл бұрын
I LOVE ZANDVOORT! Greetings from Germany
@cocorajschaperderalderwere7784 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you😘 Greetings from Zandvoort
@user-2499 6 жыл бұрын
Middelvinger. Man Oh thanks 😊😊
@smailin01 6 жыл бұрын
Im also from Germany hey! 😂 Ive also been to zandvoort a few times Awesome fries at the beach! 🍟
@user-2499 6 жыл бұрын
Have A Nice Day Nicht nur die Pommes haha 😁
@smailin01 6 жыл бұрын
Lilly - Da hast du Recht! 😂
@Ratih1945 6 жыл бұрын
Damn I miss using old typewriter machine...
@user-tr2dh4xx6u 5 жыл бұрын
They are still made and you could buy one
@noseefood1943 6 жыл бұрын
so he avg 3 bottles per month, i've only found one in my life.
@MELODYMUNRO 6 жыл бұрын
Where we live would play a part...the current has to bring them to us...and I'm on the east coast of Australia...therefore i am not likely to find any bottles in my lifetime
@CliffBarz 6 жыл бұрын
I can't even find one Or even know someone that has XD
@martinryan6673 6 жыл бұрын
That's because he finds them before you can
@carolyntedham8360 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful man, in 1996 on the way back from euro Disney with my nephew who was 3 at the time we throw a message in a bottle over the side of the ferry, few months later wim replied, we have been writing ever since, he used to come over to England on cycling holidays and pitch up his tent in our garden. He has found lots of interesting items over the years.
@kavostro4795 Жыл бұрын
Mit 11 Jahren habe ich am Strand von Zandvoort eine Flaschenpost ins Meer geworfen. Die Wellen brachten sie zurück und ich hatte über zehn Jahre regelmässigen Kontakt mit Wim. Diese Wohnung und auch den Balkon kenne ich von einigen Besuchen bei ihm. Ein ungewöhnlicher, sehr kreativer Mensch. Ich wünsche dir alles Gute lieber Wimifant (insider)
@futaim__alali 6 жыл бұрын
seeing those messages in these bottles make me feel; loved, optimistic, excited .. and sad.
@chedarmentosbrown5922 6 жыл бұрын
That's so cool. I lived on the beach for awhile. I never found a message in a bottle. I did find $350 in a sandwich bag. And a 16 foot great white washed up on the beach.
@ns_tuv 6 жыл бұрын
I just love how he's writing with typewriter, brilliant!
@awilduser895 6 жыл бұрын
One of them must be someone calling for help lol.
@asma10shoot45 6 жыл бұрын
im curious to know what's in the letters
@asma10shoot45 6 жыл бұрын
that's very romantic ^^
@user-sb8cs3le2j 4 жыл бұрын
Someone forgot to switch accounts...
@barrymanilow605 6 жыл бұрын
Living for his accent
@maziu27 6 жыл бұрын
I'll send an SOS to the world , I'll send an SOS to the world , message in a bottleeee , message in a bottleeee -Sting
@wadhwaeducation3681 6 жыл бұрын
1:56 That's beautiful.
@subswithoutvids-fd2rs 5 жыл бұрын
I like how he says bottol
@lalisatr9817 5 жыл бұрын
That how malay pronaunce bottle in malay We say it botol
@Nokkiwow 6 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize that people sent that many messages in a bottle still! Woooow! So cool
@monday4123 6 жыл бұрын
this is just beautiful and pure
@greasedmeat6007 6 жыл бұрын
Lekker bezig wim!
@JeroenErp 6 жыл бұрын
rik jullie ma is homooooo
@yokidrinker2436 6 жыл бұрын
Die haat reactie is weg dusssss. ..
@sarahday8186 4 жыл бұрын
We wrote to Wim for years when i was in primary school, i would love to meet him again 24 years later :) i still jave his letters somewhere, does anybody know where he lives now? He sent us beutiful letters with stamps of whales and thing on, and little fossils. :) i am in zaandvort in 2 months!
@user-tr2dh4xx6u 5 жыл бұрын
I found one with a $20 bill in it. It said have a nice day today and buy yourself a nice dinner on me :) I wonder if these are dangerous for boat propellers. I am planning on releasing a few I wish he shared what some said like his favorites and how he found them all. I thought this would be about how the ocean currents would always carry the messages to his area
@paige8683 4 жыл бұрын
Loved this one...Thank you for sharing!!💖💗🌎✌️
@kewlboi5420 6 жыл бұрын
better call "The Police"
@Justin-lx5cz 6 жыл бұрын
Stop.
@_Joshua1004_ 6 жыл бұрын
Stop get some help
@sashimiart2214 6 жыл бұрын
Go away
@grumpykitten4056 6 жыл бұрын
lol im sending an SOS
@i22367 4 жыл бұрын
imagine if one of those was a molotov cocktail
@ShahidShaikh-vc3mx 6 жыл бұрын
Appreciative work, New way of living life
@hemipemi 5 жыл бұрын
Amazingly he appeared to find two bottles while the cameras were rolling.
@thederpmastah2.012 6 жыл бұрын
Hey! The Netherlands! Thats where im from!
@yokidrinker2436 6 жыл бұрын
TheDerpMastah 2.0 me too
@konalily 6 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, I can't get a text back
@mike74h 5 жыл бұрын
text back, yw ;)
@leomaple6868 6 жыл бұрын
Awwww this is so cute! He has such an interesting view of things! Now I want to write a letter in a bottle just for him haha
@zirpuiichawhte5609 6 жыл бұрын
This is why the song is written!!
@joshsfishroom7702 6 жыл бұрын
“I collect messages in a bottle, and my son has the Hydraulic Press Channel”.
@ghosh.6497 6 жыл бұрын
His Accent is awesome !!
@annieleonheart9441 6 жыл бұрын
Greetings from the Netherlands
@bittersalty9184 6 жыл бұрын
Basically having an online friend except better? Got it
@marifesuelo2403 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a lucky man to find a message in the bottle it happens very rarely to find it
@epicsauce2647 6 жыл бұрын
How much more spiritually enlightened can a person be
@EnsoloCraft 6 жыл бұрын
so he found all of them by himself? and btw, i love his pronouncation ^^
@ficklepanda8319 4 жыл бұрын
This is why I prefer texting than calling, you can sort out your thoughts first
@yuvrajhorizon999 6 жыл бұрын
i too collect toll recipts since childhood
@lactyl4890 6 жыл бұрын
No wonder why they are so fucking rare. This guy took them all.
@Mami-yi5td 6 жыл бұрын
Manmanman ‘i put them in my ruckpack’
@Daniel-xe7xd 6 жыл бұрын
Much better than the last video
@d6sir 6 жыл бұрын
"And I don't even, on the beach" *Bless bottle collector*
@sahin8780 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is awesome
@megancarley1941 6 жыл бұрын
How does the same person get the message from him over and over again? I don’t understand the system.
@MrJustwastingmylife 6 жыл бұрын
Probably the ocean currents are the same when he sends them so they follow somewhat the same path.
@megancarley1941 6 жыл бұрын
hello Thanks!
@lemoviethangs1500 4 жыл бұрын
He contacts them online, they could leave contact info.
@lanerfy11 6 жыл бұрын
Nc vid. Was hoping he showed more samples of messages from the bottles
@syeddin2304 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@hanhong2267 6 жыл бұрын
Salute to this man for cleaning the beach!
@A.I.rchist 6 жыл бұрын
This world is falling apart, thank you for showing how this world is amazing.
@nastygumbo8426 3 жыл бұрын
Imagen your stranded on a Deserted island and you sent a bottle in a message and this guy picks it up and never opens it up
@lostsalt3605 6 жыл бұрын
He uses a type writer. Kinda cool👍
@Ray.Kajol.1195 6 жыл бұрын
i wish to find a messege in a bottle some day!
@imacommentj259 6 жыл бұрын
this is super depressing all i could think of when he was saying even when i only get a few notes then i look back and think of the fun i had all i can think is how depressing it is when you lose touch with a friend from xbox and send a message never to have the reply or see last online 5 years ago fuck man makes me sad and to think thats all of them and half probably never even reply to start with
@branndn_ 6 жыл бұрын
I think that's how the app Bottled's out in the app stores.
@dikkertjefap9709 6 жыл бұрын
I am dutch I have done this myself once I dropped it in the water from Terschelling(a dutch Island) and Someone in Denmark found it
@thijsvanduuren7617 6 жыл бұрын
I'm Dutch myself and I think that he mend to say backpack in stead of rucksack
@dulfinz5254 6 жыл бұрын
He waits at beach for people to toss bottles and he dives in after it
@silentasamouseiaminsideyou6865 6 жыл бұрын
who else read it as massages and was like i need a bottle
@shmee112 6 жыл бұрын
Imagine finding a bottle with a message from the 1700's
@teunkiewiet840 5 жыл бұрын
“Rugbag” great dutch translation!👌
@r.casagrande8689 3 жыл бұрын
One day he will find the map of the treasure.
@1LiterSpaWater 6 жыл бұрын
How amazing would it be that its possible he found your letter? I remember making one 12 years ago when I was a little kid, to my sick teacher.
@oreto9630 6 жыл бұрын
UnicornFantasy he found mine and we've been sending each other letters for 7 years now :)
@takudach 6 жыл бұрын
Hey my bottle was there :P I couldn't believe he found it
@bijou88able 6 жыл бұрын
i love this
@subsribetopewdiepie6673 6 жыл бұрын
hey i'm from the netherlands too
@humanbean6815 6 жыл бұрын
Why i never find messages in bottles
@stopandplaystudios4030 4 жыл бұрын
0:05 Anyone notice the tiny Wallace behind him?
@user-sn4fm2uh7f 6 жыл бұрын
I was playing boom beach and found message in bottles too
@cookowa3256 6 жыл бұрын
Im sending out an S.O.S. Im sending out an S.O.S. Im sending an SOS to YOU!!!!
@atsukana1704 6 жыл бұрын
He looks like Lor Santekka
@felicityduran6547 5 жыл бұрын
If I send one where would it go? I live in a city right next to the gulf of mexico in Texas. Can anyone tell me where they'd think it would go?
@makisekurisu8594 6 жыл бұрын
Bottles for days.
@GreenMM_11 4 жыл бұрын
I want to have a cigar and a pancake with this guy and beg him to adopt me
@slaiyfershin 6 жыл бұрын
"Massachusetts bottle" Haha
@kushkamble2027 6 жыл бұрын
Can someone explain how this stuff works
@Tominos 6 жыл бұрын
How do you respond? Throw it in the direction it came from
@charleyedwards2121 6 жыл бұрын
Wow I wonder f he ever got any calls for help?
@discontinued6366 6 жыл бұрын
Uses a type writer?
@blvvdsawgekkt2599 4 жыл бұрын
awesome
@fleurvictonfighting4112 6 жыл бұрын
He's so cute! >~< Haaah... I love old people
@angelocc4406 6 жыл бұрын
i'd love to meet him
@60000L 6 жыл бұрын
This is cool as hell haha
@LadyKay9190 6 жыл бұрын
This guy sounds like The Count
@UmangPatel 6 жыл бұрын
Nice
@GrifGuy123 6 жыл бұрын
Metcheches en a botchel
@rki 6 жыл бұрын
I wanna go throw bottles in the ocean now.
@jose-gr7jg 5 жыл бұрын
I love how he pronounce bottles!¡ lol buttols
@beanofdestruction1982 6 жыл бұрын
Well no wonder I didn't get a reply from that mermaid I wrote 4 years ago...😂😂😂
@LowKeyMisfits 6 жыл бұрын
0:29 I get it
@dynatix2682 5 жыл бұрын
i have a beach-house in zandvoort
@iigoofylucyii8103 6 жыл бұрын
My dog found a message in a bottle
@littleblueclovers 6 жыл бұрын
He inspired me to send a message in a bottle too! It'd be so cool if someone replied!
@bartendingcrow6497 6 жыл бұрын
Well bro, best you kept it in the back of your head for a while. You might just have to wait years!!!
@Hey-Chef-Mike 6 жыл бұрын
I was 4 days old when he got that German girl letter..
@lianbergancia 6 жыл бұрын
I did it once,nobody found it I guess...
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