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The bottle contained a message signed by an 11-year-old Jonesport, Maine, girl named Jenny Brown. The note was dated May 14, 1983.
"I think it's been buried in the cliffs there, all those years," Mendes told the Bangor Daily News.
Mendes and his father, Paul Mendes, 73, attempted to locate Brown, but the only information given in the note was a post office box that they doubted would still be in the girl's name.
The Bangor Daily News shared the saga on Facebook, where it came to the attention of Kathy Marie Brown, who confirmed Jenny is her sister and still lives in Jonesport.
"Jennifer Brown is well aware now! Thank you to all that have reached out," Kathy Marie Brown wrote in a comment.