In a “truly astonishing” condition, a rubber duck used in an attempt to break the world record for the “largest rubber duck race” in 2006 has been found in Scotland.
Eighteen years later, one of the rubber ducks used during the attempt to break the world record for the “largest rubber duck race” was found on the island of Stronsay, Scotland, more than four hundred miles from where it initially began in Dublin, Ireland. .
Thirteen-year-old Filip Miller was walking his dogs on the beach when he found the duck in the sand. “He didn’t look at it, he just put it away,” the young man’s mother, Marion Miller, informed SWNS, quoted by the international press.
It was only when the teenager arrived home and showed the discovery that his mother realized that he had something recorded: your identification as participant number 59,933 of the “2006 World Record Duck Race“.
“It’s fascinating to find things on the coast,” Marion continued: “We always wonder what its history is and where it comes from. That is why it is very special to know your journey.”
The rubber duck was initially released in Dublin Millennium Bridge, having traveled at least 680 kilometers before being found on the remote island of Stronsay. “He may not be the fastest duck, but he’s certainly one of the furthest ducks,” Marion jokes.
For the family, the duck’s good condition was “really surprising” due to the long time it spent in the ocean. In photos posted on social networks It is possible to see that the object still maintained its orange beak, black eyes and legible racial information.
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However, It was not the first time that one of the “participants” of the 2006 race was found.
In early 2022, Charlotte Moran, then 16 years old, found one of these rubber ducks on the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom, as reported by The Irish Mirror. Previously, in 2016, another had been found in Morecambe, England, and even before that discovered on a Swedish beach.
In 2006, 150,000 rubber ducks were released in Dublin, but the record attempt failed because many were lost along the way. Still, the event achieved its main objective: raising funds for Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.
The most recent record in that category was set in 2009, when 205,000 rubber ducks floated under the River Thames.
Source: Observadora
