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BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — A tiny bottle with a message inside traveled from Hawaii in ocean currents before being washed ashore in Bradenton Beach on Sunday and found by a girl visiting from Michigan.

When the Hoisington family found a message in a bottle on the beach it seemed the story had ended with the bottle’s 4,600-mile, 8-year journey.