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Message in a bottle found 15 years later

When Jori Phillips wrote a letter, stuffed it in a bottle, and threw it out into the ocean 15 years ago, she did not expect anyone to find it. But Mark Dickson did. Listen to what happened next when CBC Radio host Rick Cluff speaks to both Phillips and Dickson on The Early Edition.

Jori Phillips threw the bottle into the ocean from Denman Island

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At left, the letter Jori Phillips didn't think anyone would find and at right, the letter Mark Dickson wrote in reply when he found Phillips' letter 15 years later. (CBC)

When Jori Phillips wrote a letter, stuffed it in a bottle, and threw it out into the ocean 15 years ago, she did not expect anyone to find it.

When Mark Dickson found a letter in a bottle while vacationing near Vancouver Island, he thought it had only been written a few weeks ago. 

Listen to what happened next when CBC Radio host Rick Cluff speaks to both Phillips and Dickson on The Early Edition. 

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