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We Now Know Why Garfield Phones Keep Mysteriously Washing Up On A Beach In France
29 March 2019
One of France's greatest mysteries has finally been solved.
<p>For decades, novelty Garfield phones have been washing up to shore along a 15-mile stretch of beach near Brest. </p><p>"Where did they come from?" locals wondered. </p><p><em>"Why are they here? How do the phones feel about Mondays or lasagna?"</em> </p><p>Well, at long last, the answer to all these questions has been uncovered.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="f9b6b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="LGLFHB1553889955"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111378831628107778" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@BBCWorld @kcgreenn The world is full of beauty and mystery</div> — Alex Hirsch (@Alex Hirsch)<a href="https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/statuses/1111378831628107778">1553808336.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>French environmentalists had had enough of the lasagna-guzzling feline who relentlessly polluted their beaches. </p><p><strong>The anti-littering group Ar Vilantsou began an ad campaign centered around the phones which ran in the area fairly consistently.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="702ab" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="70FU5O1553889955"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111270551144808448" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@BBCWorld @MikeDrucker "The second angel poured out his shipping container full of Garfield phones on the sea, and… https://t.co/7YZyinW4ZW</div> — John H (@John H)<a href="https://twitter.com/YoBrohan/statuses/1111270551144808448">1553782520.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Before long, the ads caught the attention of a local farmer, who recalled a bad storm in the 1980's. </p><p><div id="action_button_container"></div></p><p><strong>The day after that storm, the Garfield's began washing up on the beach, as they've continued to do every day since then.<br></strong></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="3f594" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1IV4AH1553889955"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111390420825575429" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@BBCWorld This is the stuff of nightmares. I’m so so very sorry that this pox has been put upon Britanny!</div> — Devin Nunes’ Fungal Infection (@Devin Nunes’ Fungal Infection)<a href="https://twitter.com/Millsypop/statuses/1111390420825575429">1553811099.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>The farmer was able to lead the Ad Vilantsou team to an obscure sea cave that he recalled a shipping container from a passing boat had been blown into during the storm.</strong><br></p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p><br></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="66eb7" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6BPYIM1553889955"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111640828244647937" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">"Are you looking for Garfield?" the man asked.
Simonin-Le Meur said yes, she was — she always was.
"Come with me,… https://t.co/gpTtrBS44J</div> — The Washington Post (@The Washington Post)<a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/statuses/1111640828244647937">1553870801.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="becac" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PAMM071553889955"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111380421747466240" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@BBCWorld It took 35 years to find it? Wow, it must be hidden. I hope they pull it out & clean it up.</div> — Jen (@Jen)<a href="https://twitter.com/CuriousPotter/statuses/1111380421747466240">1553808715.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Inside the sea cave, the team found the shipping container, which had burst wide open and was now surrounded by countless Garfield phones. </p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p><strong>The source of the litter had been discovered. Ar Vilantsou's Claire Simonin-Le Meur <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47732553" target="_blank">commented</a>:<br></strong></p><blockquote><em>"This is the first time in our lives that we've seen that."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="0b280" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="291VLD1553889955"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111542387870830597" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@BBCWorld @Lord_Bung Thank god another reason to sleep peacefully in such a chaotic world</div> — Nikhil Madhu (@Nikhil Madhu)<a href="https://twitter.com/kalechips321/statuses/1111542387870830597">1553847331.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Twitter loves nothing more than a genuinely strange story.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="a9148" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="LFDD4S1553889956"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111375329778515968" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@BBCWorld Me after logging on and seeing a story about a French Garfield phone mystery instead of the usual daily v… https://t.co/54Vw4QCy6d</div> — inkboySP (@inkboySP)<a href="https://twitter.com/inkboySP/statuses/1111375329778515968">1553807501.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="d1f5c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3PL2791553889956"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111256264229703680" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@BBCWorld @Rusty595 The simulation is unstable</div> — Olimar as a Waluigi Supporter (@Olimar as a Waluigi Supporter)<a href="https://twitter.com/shyguykirby/statuses/1111256264229703680">1553779114.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="31992" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0JNGTL1553889956"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111624639988404224" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sci-fi pitch: Thousands of years after humans go extinct, an advanced alien race visits Earth and attempts to recon… https://t.co/aOQVu4Qrmj</div> — Christopher Ingraham (@Christopher Ingraham)<a href="https://twitter.com/_cingraham/statuses/1111624639988404224">1553866941.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="e72e6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="B58NVI1553889956"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111439539627655171" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">You know what, that makes sense and any sane person would’ve probably suspected as much. But if my dumbass found a… https://t.co/xHTQqZvOgm</div> — No. (@No.)<a href="https://twitter.com/leonsabraso/statuses/1111439539627655171">1553822810.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="9c420" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="XBFSY11553889956"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111632564316504067" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@AndrewNadeau0 @LumpyTouch the orange one is speaking to us</div> — Alonso Velazquez (@Alonso Velazquez)<a href="https://twitter.com/ManOfDoom9000/statuses/1111632564316504067">1553868831.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="12e53" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6GZCCK1553889956"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111661191120723968" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@nytimes The Garfield phones are replicating exponentially.
Every inch of this planet will be covered by the yea… https://t.co/fbHtK5nLxs</div> — JR (@JR)<a href="https://twitter.com/JRDRD/statuses/1111661191120723968">1553875656.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><p>Sadly, however, Garfield won his final battle with the local authorities. </p><p><strong>The shipping container is apparently wedged in an "inaccessible" crevice, so the Garfield phones will simply have to continue being washed to shore until, someday, the container exhausts its supply.<br></strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="6cb40" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="H36FTN1553889957"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1111253168946663424" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@BBCWorld "... local officials say they will continue to harvest Garfields from the coastline."</div> — Peter D. (@Peter D.)<a href="https://twitter.com/_Da_Moo/statuses/1111253168946663424">1553778376.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>Until then, Ar Vilantsou simply plans to continue watching the beaches and picking up any stray cats they can find.<br></p>
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