A boy’s video camera floated away in England. He got it back 4 months later in Germany — and it still worked

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BERLIN—An English boy has been reunited in Germany with a video camera he lost four months ago on the other side of the North Sea.

The German news agency dpa reported that the camera was handed back Saturday to the 10-year-old from Hull on Suederoog, a small island off Germany’s western coast.

William Etherton’s camera was carried off Sept. 1 by a wave in Thornwick Bay in Yorkshire, on England’s east coast. It drifted for about two months before washing up in Germany.

Resident Roland Spreer found it on Nov. 2. It was still functional thanks to its waterproof casing, and Spreer’s son posted footage from the day the camera was washed away on Facebook.

Reports on the video eventually attracted the attention of the boy’s father.

SloightlyOnTheHuh on January 7th, 2018 at 16:02 UTC »

But, what was the camera. It survives 2 months in the North Sea and no-one bothers to tell us the make and model so we can get one.

Thebluefairie on January 7th, 2018 at 15:33 UTC »

Sad I wanted to see its journey in the ocean!

Goodtimetobeavive on January 7th, 2018 at 12:59 UTC »

The roof on that house is awesome.