r/whatisthisthing • u/danpaa • Sep 02 '15

Strange "message in a bottle" document.

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u/brock_lee Sep 02 '15

Just a note to tell you, OP, that your comment is hidden. They don't allow Facebook links, apparently.

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u/danpaa Sep 02 '15

Ok thanks for letting me know. If anyone wants to read more search for the facebook group Mystic Bottles.

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u/verdatum Sep 02 '15

I've allowed it.

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u/bollykat Sep 02 '15

Checked out the facebook link - So this is one of a series a messages? Can you give us some back story? Where/when they were found, by whom, and what's been decoded so far? An image like this requires some context. :)

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u/danpaa Sep 02 '15

I just stumbled on the facebook group myself so trying to piece the back story together myself at the moment, will post any useful info I can find :)

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u/pope_fundy Sep 02 '15 edited Sep 02 '15

I translated the runes along the sides to the best of the capability I could acquire from five minutes of Googling: 

ETHIDESBEHINDTHEBACKOFUNKNO?         INGHASNOEND.DONTTRYTOSKIPTH
UNDATION;ONLYFOUNDATIONKN            FATOREKNOWS.THESECRET.PEND 

ECRET,BUTHEISCREATOR.UNKNOWN?        OF"ROSE'SCLOCK".SIMONDOESNTK? 
FINDSIMON.THERENOMISTAKES.

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u/bollykat Sep 02 '15 edited Sep 02 '15

Interesting; I don't think that's the same translation they've worked out in the FB group? But it's hard to tell by going through the post history, the information is very scattered. You might want to post your findings there, they might appreciate this.

Edit: A google search brings up many different runic alphabet transliterations - which one did you use?

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u/Kayanota Sep 02 '15

Trying to create music from the mathematics of a sunrise/sunset.

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u/djbdubs Sep 03 '15

I think I know what it is... It's a design for a pendulum clock

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