NJ man finds 9-year-old girl’s prank message in a bottle 53 years later

A 9-year-old's prank message in a bottle has been discovered 50 years later. NJ.com reported that New Jersey resident John Kauterman discovered the bottle while cleaning up a stretch of wetlands. Inside, he found a letter dated Aug. 20, 1973, by a young girl named Laurie Blair Brown. It says, "Please notify my family that a band of ruthless sponge fisherman are forcing me to dive for them in shark-infested waters!" Kauterman posted an image of the letter on social media; he learned that Blair Brown had died in 2017. However, her sister, Allison Spencer, recognized it. She says she wrote the letter, but it was her sister's idea. (Photo credit: John Kauterman/Facebook)