A mysterious bundle that washed up on a beach in the United Kingdom may be from the wreck of the Titanic.
Waves washed a bale of stacked rubber sheets onto a British beach as the famous ship sank near Newfoundland, Canada, some 400 miles (650 kilometers) offshore.
A mysterious bale of sheets with authentic patterns, recently found on Keais Beach in Scotland, is very similar to a bundle discovered on Dunnet Beach in 2019.
David Graham Scott, who found the debris, took a picture of the mysterious bundle, which then sparked the curiosity of experts on the other side of the country.
Cornish conservationist Steve Trevella said the sheets could come from the famous ship that sank in 1912. Trevela said the sheets are made of gutta-percha, a rubber-like material that was widely used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for industrial purposes, and today is commonly used for root canal treatment in dentistry.
“There is a lot of evidence that the Titanic was wearing gutta-percha when it sank in 1912. It is not impossible that the bales could have come from that ship. A lot of debris that floats to Great Britain comes from the waters of Newfoundland,” says Trevela.
So far, it has been confirmed once that an object from the Titanic washed ashore. In 2021, the waves threw out a bottle with a message written by Matilda Lefer (12). Matilda was a third class passenger on board.
The note is dated April 13, 1912.
The very next day, the ship hit an iceberg around midnight, causing it to sink a few hours later. Matilda, her three siblings and their mother Marie were never seen again, but 105 years later a note apparently signed by the girl was found on a Canadian beach, AA writes.
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