They say humans know more about space than we do the ocean. Considering that the oceans take up more than 70 percent of the world, that’s kind of terrifying. Who knows what’s floating around out there.
Things wash ashore all the time. Maybe it’s garbage or something someone left at the beach, but every once in a while, you’ll discover something interesting.
These beachgoers have stumbled upon some interesting stuff.
1. “So My Friend Found A Message In A Bottle While Fishing”
2. “I Found This At My Local Dog Beach Today”
3. “Found This Shell On Corporation Beach On Cape Cod. Instant Goosebumps”
“I wish this lady could know her son had fun on the beach with our kids. (We did set it back out to sea. We knew this shell’s journey wasn’t over yet!)”
4. “I Found This Pyrite Fossil (Ammonite) On An English Beach”
5. “Sandcastle With Extremely Clean Lines”
6. “Saw These Stacked Stone Arches At The Beach This Morning”
7. “This Satisfying Pebble I Found At The Beach”
8. “Piece Of Dried Seaweed With One End Stuck In Sand Drew Concentric Circles As It Was Rotated By The Wind”
9. “Inspired By All The Trashtags, I Went Out With My GF To Clean Our Local Beach And Found A $50 Note. Instant Karma”
10. “Someone Made A Stone Rainbow On Hornsea Beach, UK”
11. “What The Storm Brought To The French Shores”
12. “Not Something You Find On The Beach Every Day”
13. “A Sea Weathered Chunk Of Glacial Ice Made A Perfect Chair On A Black Sand Beach In Iceland”
14. “A Piece Of Glacial Ice I Found On The Beach”
15. “I Found This Smile Soda Bottle Patented On July 11th, 1922”
16. “While Walking On The Beach In Hawaii My Wife And I Found This Glass Ball That Had Become The Home Of a Small Marine Ecosystem”
17. “The Beach I’m At Has A List Of Commonly Found Garbage And How Long It Takes For It To Decompose”
18. “My Mom Found This Amazing Sand Castle In Jerusalem Beach, Tel Aviv”
19. “Giant Squid Washed Up In Wellington New Zealand”
20. “I Took The Day Off Work To Celebrate My 40th Birthday, And Look What The Beach Gods Had Waiting For Me!”
“I literally could not believe my eyes! I had no idea mini glass Coca-Cola bottles even existed!”
21. “A Collection Of Different Tracks And Footprints I Found On The Beach”
22. “This Kilo [Of Cocaine] My Mom Found Washed Up On A South Florida Beach This Morning”
“It has been turned over to authorities. The estimated street value was over $150,000”