Man's Message in Bottle Found After His Death
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Man's Message in Bottle Found After His Death
ANTIGO, Wis. (June 22) - Years after casting a bottled-up note into a lake for a class project and
just one year after his death, a man's childhood message has been found and returned to his
mother.
Man's Message in Bottle Found After His Death
ANTIGO, Wis. (June 22) - Years after casting a bottled-up note into a lake for a class project and
just one year after his death, a man's childhood message has been found and returned to his
mother.
Maggie Holbrook holds a note her son Joshua Baker sent in a bottle in 1995,
when he was 10. Baker died last year. A close friend of his found the bottle.
when he was 10. Baker died last year. A close friend of his found the bottle.
The note reads: "My name is Josh Baker. I
am 10. If you find this put it on the news. The
date is 4/16/95."
am 10. If you find this put it on the news. The
date is 4/16/95."
Joshua Baker died last February after a vehicular accident. He had served in the Middle East as a Marine
shortly before his death.
Eleven years ago, a then 10-year-old Joshua Baker wrote the message nestled in an empty vanilla
container, his mother, Maggie Holbrook said. He died last February following a motor vehicle accident in
California. He had recently returned home after serving in the Middle East as a U.S. Marine.
"I think he was just letting us know he was OK and to keep doing what we are doing," Holbrook said.
The message surfaced in White Lake in late April, just days after the 11th anniversary of its casting. It was
found by one of Baker's closest friends, Steve Lieder, of Antigo, she said. Lieder and two friends were
chatting near the lake when they looked down and saw the bottle. They broke it open and found the note
inside:
"My name is Josh Baker. I am 10. If you find this put it on the news. The date is 4/16/95."
They immediately took it to Holbrook, who said she is now having the note preserved and will display it in
her home.
She can remember when her son wrote the message for the school project. She said she always
wondered why they didn't put it in the nearby Wolf River, which has a much stronger current.
"I still remember the day he wrote it," Holbrook said. "I couldn't understand why they threw it in the lake. No
one would ever see it again. Now I know."
06/22/06 17:29 EDT
shortly before his death.
Eleven years ago, a then 10-year-old Joshua Baker wrote the message nestled in an empty vanilla
container, his mother, Maggie Holbrook said. He died last February following a motor vehicle accident in
California. He had recently returned home after serving in the Middle East as a U.S. Marine.
"I think he was just letting us know he was OK and to keep doing what we are doing," Holbrook said.
The message surfaced in White Lake in late April, just days after the 11th anniversary of its casting. It was
found by one of Baker's closest friends, Steve Lieder, of Antigo, she said. Lieder and two friends were
chatting near the lake when they looked down and saw the bottle. They broke it open and found the note
inside:
"My name is Josh Baker. I am 10. If you find this put it on the news. The date is 4/16/95."
They immediately took it to Holbrook, who said she is now having the note preserved and will display it in
her home.
She can remember when her son wrote the message for the school project. She said she always
wondered why they didn't put it in the nearby Wolf River, which has a much stronger current.
"I still remember the day he wrote it," Holbrook said. "I couldn't understand why they threw it in the lake. No
one would ever see it again. Now I know."
06/22/06 17:29 EDT
