Message in a bottle written by 13-year-old Edenvale resident found 14 years later
“The bottle you have found contains a small ring which my little sister wore; she is five years old,” Angela wrote in the letter.
On January 1, 2001, a 13-year-old girl wrote a message and placed it in a bottle.
The touching message was accompanied with a few of her favourite things, including a pendant, a ring, her favourite shampoo, the chocolate wrapper from the last chocolate she ate and a bracelet she received when she attended her first foam party.
The writer of the letter was Angela-Leigh Harris, born in 1987, and at the time she lived in Edenvale.
“The bottle you have found contains a small ring which my little sister wore; she is five years old,” Angela wrote in the letter.
“I want you to look after these things for me and please write to me, I don’t care if you are black or white, male or female, thin or fat, rich or poor; I would like to have another friend in my life,” she wrote.
Her message was sealed in a bottle and buried in the sand.
On March 14, Michael de Nobrega found the bottle buried in the sand on Danabay Beach near Mossel Bay.
Michael found the bottle with a metal detector and posted his find on Facebook.
When contacted by the NEWS, Michael said he would love to find Angela and return her precious items.
With a little help from Marietta Lombard, the Editor of the Bedfordview and Edenvale News, Angela-Leigh Harris was found this morning.
The NEWS is working to connect Michael and Angela and will update readers as the story develops.
Read the letter here:
