Russian time capsule washes ashore in west Donegal
At first they thought it was a bomb, but when Conor McClory and Sophie Curran had the inscription on a silver cylinder they found washed up in Donegal translated, they knew it was safe to open it.
The two surfers had been checking out the waves at Cnoc Fola in west Donegal when they came upon the object among the rocks at a lagoon.
The Russian inscription indicated it was a time capsule and it was dated 2018.
Inside they found an array of letters, photographs and other objects indicating the time capsule had come from a Russian ice-breaking ship which takes tours to the North Pole.
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