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This Coastal Town Is Being Invaded By Pink Bottles...I Wish I Was Making This Up
Thereβs nothing quite like the English coastline. However, things like pollution and climate change are threatening the future of the fragile ecosystem. The latest, most bizarre example of which is a discovery made by residents near Poldhu Beach in Cornwall earlier this week. While not quite as upsetting as other disasters, it serves as a cautionary taleβ¦
This is what Poldhu Beach usually looks like β beautiful!
But this was the scene earlier this week. Out of the nowhere, at least 2,000 bright pink bottles of detergent washed ashore.
Thousands of pink bottles wash up on Cornish beaches β video https://t.co/QEYgzmquBs
β The Guardian (@guardian) January 5, 2016
Volunteers from the surrounding area worked through the night to clean up the mess, but they were still left scratching their heads about where exactly the bottles came from.
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As far as anyone call tell, they likely fell off a container ship somewhere far off the coast and were carried to shore by the tide.
While officials try to track down the true origin, everyone is being advised to stay away from the beach. βCornwall Council has been made aware of reports of plastic bottles washed up on Poldhu Beach,β read the statement. βThe National Trust, who own the beach, have arranged for the bottles to be cleared away. In the meantime the public are advised to keep children and dogs at a safe distance from the bottles should any more be washed up.β
(via Unexplained Mysteries)
Thatβs just horribly freaky. Those container ships can carry some pretty nasty things. Whatβs stopping something even more toxic from just βfalling offβ and washing up on shore next?
