Harold Hackett has spent two decades throwing bottles containing messages into the Atlantic in the hope that he may be able to contact people from far off shores.

In that time the 58-year-old has sent out around 4,800 bottles from near his home on Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Every message asks the finder to send a response back and since 1996 he has received over 3,100 responses from people all over the world.

(READ more at the Daily Mail)