
Harold Hackett lives in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, the smallest province in Canada. Since 1996, he has been putting letters in discarded juice bottles and tossing them into the Atlantic ocean. Each letter has a date, and instructions to respond. He has sent over 4,800 messages out, received more than 3,100 replies. Most people continue the correspondence further, becoming more than one time pen pals.
“I usually get about a 150 Christmas cards, Christmas gifts, souvenirs,” Hacket said in a video posted on the BBC website. “I just love doing it the old way. The reason I won’t put my phone number on my letters is they’d all call me back, and I wouldn’t get any letters.”
Hackett says he sends out around 200 bottles per week, and he doesn’t think he’ll ever stop.
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