After a 108-Year Journey, the Oldest Message in a Bottle Finally Washed Up on Shore By Notable Life By Notable LifeView Author|August 21, 2015|LifeView Life Remember composing a carefully written message as a kid, folding it up, putting it in a bottle, and sending it out into the ocean (or lake)? Your imagination would run wild as you dreamed about who would find it and when... View this article.