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Holger Spreer-Wree poses with the bottle in undated photo. The bottle washed up in Suderoog, Germany. (CEN)

British Mother’s Ashes Found By Germans After Washing Up On North Sea Island

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 9, 2025

The ashes of a British mother whose family set them adrift as a message in a bottle have been found by a German couple after they washed up on a…

Picture shows a dog on an ice floe in Gulf of Finland, Saint Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Mar. 24, 2023. Rescuers saved the dog. (@mchs_official/Newsflash)

Adrift Husky Rescued From Ice Floe

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:March 31, 2023

This is the moment a sorry-looking husky is rescued from the frozen Baltic Sea adrift far from land on an ice floe. Witnesses could barely believe their eyes when they…

The villagers floating away on their hydrogen balloon

Pine Cone Pickers In Balloon Adrift Near North Korea

Post author:John Feng
Post published:September 30, 2019

This footage shows a giant balloon drifting away near China's border with North Korea after the two villagers inside became untethered while picking pine cones. The pair, who have not…