NC man clearing out late mother’s home rediscovers messages in a bottle

RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — Alan Sanderson is surrounded by crates and boxes stacked throughout his home.

“My mom had passed away on January 29th, and I guess everybody has a different way of dealing with it,” said Sanderson.

His way, was by clearing through the massive accumulation of belongings, from family pictures to collectibles to simple nick-knacks that his mother kept over her life.

When he was going through a drawer, he saw something that caught his attention.

“I found four pieces of paper that were very odd. They were almost in blurred blue ink, and they had little girls names on it that I didn’t know,” said Sanderson.

The papers included the names of the senders, their ages, and a location- Hope Town, Abaco, Bahamas. One side said “If you find this note, write to.”

Sanderson placed them on a desk for two weeks, unable to recall where they were from.

He decided to do some research and looked up the names of the people who sent the notes. About 20 minutes later, something clicked.

“It struck me like a bolt of lightning. I remembered back to that day, and I think it was my little brother who looked down and found a bottle with some papers in it,” recalled Sanderson.

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