Message in a bottle from Newfoundland found on Scotland beach

From Jackson's Arm, Newfoundland to Scotland is along way to float,but a message in a bottle is believed to have done just that.

West Coast Morning9:53Long reach for Jackson's Arm - message in a bottle from NL reaches Scotland.

Jackson's Arm to western Scotland - a bottle is believed to have floated all that distance. Jason Tolmie of London found the bottle, containing a note. 22-year-old Jessica White-Reid of Jackson's Arm wonders who sent it on its way across the ocean.

JasonTolmiefound the plastic popbottle washed up onHostaBeach in Scotland nearly a year agoand has recently taken to social media to help find the person who sentit out to sea.

"I really couldn't believe it when I found it, I was really quite excited," saidTolmie.

I couldn't get the lid off tostart withit was stuck on there good and proper.- JasonTolmie

"So I had to cut the plastic bottle in half to get the note out."

Tomlie, who hails from London,said the note looked to be written by a child or someone quite young, adding thattheymay notrealize it would ever havea chance of being found and certainlynot so far away.

"I knewNewfoundland was on theeastcoast of the United States kind of areabut I didn't know whereJackson'sArm was,"TolmietoldCBC'sCorner Brook Morning Show.

"It would be nice to find out who sent it and if they remember sending it because it could have beenup to 15years ago."

He's eager to find the owner and ishopeful thatsocial media will help, even with such little information to go on.

"I don't know if they want it back for a keepsake or something like that."

Stir in Jackson's Arm

The mystery message is creatingquite a stir in Jackson's Arm since it went public.

There's no signature and that has everyonewondering who could have sent it.

It's almost like a scavenger hunt, it is prettyexciting.- Jessica White-Reid

"I think I sent like a couple hundred myself and the chances of it being mine are slim but what if it was mine or my sister's or my best friends ... it could be anybody,"saidJessica White-Reid.

"Something so simple as a piece of paper in abottle is just making everybody's day."

White-Reid added that her mother hasstarted going through old keepsakes to see if any of her children'swriting matches themessage.

"It's almost like a scavenger hunt, it is prettyexcitingand I guess everybody can't wait to see if someone claims it,"said White-Reid adding that she will continue to put messages in bottles and sendthem out to sea.

Tolmie said his message has been posted on Jackson's Arm Facebook page but there hasn't been anyone come forward yet.