Sea Lion blocks the road

0:03 Kalaroga Shark Media yikes on this first one him Johnny Mack with five good news stories. It started out as a bad day for a kite surfer, turned out into a miracle. Alvaro was out kite surfing off the coast of New Zealand. His kite got caught in the water and dragged him out to sea. He let it go. He paddled toward the shore, figuring that was enough for the day, and then he saw something lying on the sand. A surfboard, not just any surfboard. He flipped it over. It was covered in barnacles and mussels. He said, it's not the kind we use around here every day. He scraped off a few shells. He saw the name Liam etched underneath. He took the surfboard home. He posted some photos online. A few days later, he got a message from Liam. Liam was a surfer who lost the board off the coast of Tasmania back in May. That's fifteen hundred miles away. Liam couldn't believe it, he told Alvarro it was one of his favorite boards. Experts say the board may have drifted across the Tasman Sea via the East Australian current that, by the way, is the same current that carried Nemo's dad and Dory in finding Nemo. Meanwhile, an Austrian surfer, not an Australian surfer and Austrian surfer, spent eight hours, five minutes and forty four seconds on his board to break the Guinness World Record for longest time spent surfing a wave. He did this at River Wave, using a man made wave that uses currents from nearby rivers to create a permanent surfing wave in Austria no breaks.

1:34 He used a spoon to eat a cup of soup while continuing to surf. He destroyed the old record, which was three hours, fifty five minutes two seconds that was done by a guy in the Panama Canal. I guess you can't do this in the ocean, right the waves don't last for hours and hours. Let's keep it on the beach. A message in a bottle washed up off Wharton Beach, Australia. Deborah and her family were cleaning up the beach picking up some trash. Her daughter spotted an old glass bottle in the sand. Inside two letters dated nineteen sixteen, signed by soldiers Malcolm and William. Malcolm's letter said he was from Wilka Watts, South Australia. Using Facebook, Deebra managed to track down his family, including his great nephew Herbie. Herbie said, it's been amazing how much has come to the surface in a short time. In WW one, Malcolm was twenty eight and killed during the war in France, months after tossing the bottle into the sea. They also found the descendants of the other soldier, William, who did make it home from the war. His granddaughter Anne said, we're all absolutely stunned. There five grandchildren who are still alive.

2:37 Do you feel very much like our grandfather has reached out to us from the grave. Experts say the bottle might not have spent one hundred and nine years at sea. They think it likely floated for a few weeks before washing up nearby, where it could have been buried in the sand for a century. A dog was reunited with its owner after seven years. The dog had gone missing during a burglary. Yeah Gabrielle at Her dog Luca, went missing after she arrived home from work at four am and found her front door had been kicked in by a burglar. The dog was gone too. Officer Bishops bought at a friendly pop wandering alone. As soon as he opened the patrol car door, a Lucas jumped in, knowing he was saved. Luke was taken to the local vet. They scanned the microchip they found the owner, which told Lucas still loves his favorite snack, strawberries and peanut butter.

3:24 All right, John, why we are laid for work this time? Well, yeah, sea boss. I was driving there along the road and then in the middle of the road there was a sea lion. The Cosmopolis Police Department set on social media that a large friend, as they phrased it, was spotted loitering in traffic on Blue Slough Road during heavy rains. They called in the Department of Fish and Wildlife. They were like, hey, there's a sea lion on the road. What are we supposed to do here? The rescuers were able to haze the sea lion out of the road and back into a river. Experts say sea lions are known to visit land for numerous reasons, including resting, avoiding predators, and regulating their body temperature and those that your five good news stories for today have a good one.