That’s actually super cool! Kinda funny it only traveled 2 miles in a span of 27 years.

The definition return to sender, really cool to see this thing happens.

It would’ve been crazy if they still had the same phone numbers and the same voice message on the answering after all those years

The net distance it traveled was 2 miles, but It actually traveled all around the world, saw all the wonders and horrors of the world, and decided it was time to come back to his friends to finally rest.

What is more amazing is that they stayed friends all these years, kudos to you guys! And RIP Travis.

The fact it was found 2 miles away, 2 years after their friend passed away is such a coincidence

When I was about 10 I put a message in a baby food jar. They have a really good rubber seal on the inside so I thought it would stay sealed well. Plus it was small. I went down to the river (102 river) in my super small town (under 75 ppl) in rural SW Iowa. About 2 years later, I got a letter from someone in Central MO. My bottle had made it all the way to the Missouri river (which feeds in to the Mississippi and then the ocean if It had kept going, and I knew this). There had been a flood that year and the people that found it were farmers. They had gone out to their fields to pick up trash and found it. I recommend ever kid do this once in their life.

RIP TRAVIS it’s a message that’s he still with y’all 🙏🏾

Their friend actually traveled the world in that bottle, he just thought it was time to come home.

That is so neat. To think of all the time, storms, hurricanes, & yet for it to only travel 2 miles. I think it was more than coincidence that they found it within a couple of years of their friend’s passing. Def a message from him. Too cool. ❤️🍾🌊

That is so sad yet heart warming at the same time...

Lovely story!!! We need more good news!!!!!

I wish I could do this in reverse. If I could write my 18 year old self a letter it would save me from a lot of anxiety, depression, and PTSD😩😩

What I find interesting is that most of the bottles date from 30 years ago the position of moon determines each one

Rest easy Travis love you bud.

He died 2 years ago, it traveled 2miles. He's just saying hi and he's fine...

The Ocean Cleanup has found that the vast majority of plastic waste flowing from rivers ends up back on shore, relatively close to the source. Only a small fraction floats out across the oceans. This bottle's short journey is consistent with those findings.

It's stories like this why I love Inside Edition

This is the kynd of news we need on this hard times. Thank you guys.

Oh my God! I didn’t know Travis was gone! Heartbreaking! I just came across this video because I’m obsessed with KZfaq, didn’t expect to see a video from home. I knew Travis and I can’t believe he’s gone! He had such a beautiful smile and a beautiful heart. He was definitely sending y’all a message! ❤️

The fact that you only hear stories and fairy tales of these things, but for it to happen to someone in reality is so intresting.

It's always a good idea to send a message to your future self, as you don't know how much you will change and when you might need it.

About the phone number: My family had the same house phone number ( a land line ) from March 1965 Through March of 2021 after my mother died. That's about 56 years. .

I put a message in a bottle years ago, but apparently nobody has found it cuz I'm still stuck on this deserted island. Just me and Wilson.

This is the type of story I love to hear. Incredible story!

This is so cool, and Nostalgic. Made me sad that there friend, who had also signed the note passed. Maybe it had been a sign?

"Sometimes the things you've lost can be found again in unexpected places" - Daniel Handler

Sting was right, it truly is a message in a bottle.

Events like these shakes life Forces us to rethink our lives from a different angle And remember what we have done with our lives till now from the time the said memorabilia was created

What a positive story❤

That’s so cool I always wanted to do something like that when I was growing up🤩👍🏾

Congratulations inside edition for reaching 11 million subscribers

This makes me smile

Only 2 miles but totally awesome 👌

Man: finds message in a bottle Man: “it’s a link” Man: types in link Rick Astley:

Damn all that time and these guys still 2 to 3 years younger than me 😞

Good story. Nice to wake up to.

This is a super fun story! Very cool!

This is what they say, what goes around come around.

Well that brought tears to my eyes.

God bless ya Travis

I'm surprised they didn't try to give them a littering ticket.

Congratulations on the 11 million subscribers, Inside Edition! You’re my favorite American KZfaq news channel! 💖💖

For those of you in the comments too young to remember. the whole bottle with a message was a huuuuuge deal in the late 80s . Almost every kid made theirs. I was 8 in the late 80s i fond memories from the worst decade ever .

Me and my high school sweetheart have a time Capsule lol. I still know where it is. On his old parents property in Idaho. It’s been 13 or 14 years since we buried it.

Omg imagine finding your message in a bottle 27 years later!

RIP Travis 😭but that’s so amazing 🍾

My grandmas cousin had a similar situation. When he was a kid he found a turtle a etched his name into the turtles shell, 30 years later he found the same turtle

Your title/thumbnail didn’t make sense until I actually clicked on it. Well played

Awesome story 👏 🙌 👌 😀

Love the good news stories

I agree with their assessment!

I left a message in a milk bottle 15 years ago. When I go into the shops today for milk, I always check some of them to see if my message is in one of them . x

I saw the thumbnail and was like, no way this man wrote the message as a child lol.

Amazing

Wow just like the movie. .... I'm speechless

When I was 3 I put a note in a paper bag and let it float in the wind. I found it 29 years later.

2 miles 2 smiles 27 years

So cool!!

Very cool. 👍

R.I.p to ur friend

I wish I could fit myself into a bottle and toss it in the ocean with today's society.

That was a clearly Canadian bottle!! That use to be my favorite berry mmmmm

Love❤️ Friendship❤️

Good find indeed

That’s was cool 🙏🏿

Ah man … In all those years, it shoulda gone round the world a few times. 😕

Aww I’m crying.

2 years later the dead sent the bottle 2 miles out - he's was unable to contact for 2 years and after that he's finally been able to say he's fine

thats pretty cool i wish i did something like that i think it was the friend sending a message from above

"Oh my God, this is a note, badda bing badda boom" the guy who found it is so cool!

How sweet

RIP their friend, God bless him in heaven and his family, God bless their friends and their families to and whoever reads this too, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen hallelujah❤❤🙏🙏

Lol, this is cute 😍. Only two miles away.

Wow that is absolutely cool😄✌

I didn’t think anything of it till they mention there friend passed ! I lost my best friend in a wreck. I went back to the spot. To try and heal. And I found his earrings. Hit pops told me they where his gift to me 😞. I keep one close to me all the time.

Imagine getting left on delivered for 27 years. Couldn't be me. 🙃

I remember doing a time capsule in kindergarten it's set to be open on 2051

Awee. The dead friend was sad

Very cool

you could tell by voice of the guy that found it that it hadnt made it very far, but 2 miles in 30 years is pretty hilarious.

That guy wasn't a child 27 years ago!!! 🤣 Me just looking at thumbnail 😄

Why is the map zooming in South America, I'm so confused. Didn't that happen in Texas?

R.I.P. Travis

Legendary

Rest easy Travis

Clearly Canadian keep that message safe.

,,makes you think how slowly gold must travel over huge spans of time....

Rip there friend :(

I saw the dude on the thumbnail and thought “he was NOT a child 27 years ago😭😭”

I bet they never thought their Answering machine wouldn’t get it, but Facebook would leave the message instead.

incredible the bottle is older than me.

I did it in Florida in 1967 never heard anything. I did it on the California Coast in 1974 never heard anything.

Message in a bottle Truly believe this message is from the friend saying he is okay

Wow!!

That's sad that he died.

That’s so cool :o

2 YA- 2 smiles 😃

Message in a bottle, woah…

omg i love this