A Nova Scotia man says plans are underway to fulfil the wishes of the late Gary Robert Dupuis after the mystery man's ashes washed up on the shores of Cape Breton inside a tequila bottle.
Norman MacDonald says he was collecting trash on West Mabou Beach on Wednesday when he came across the Sauza Gold Tequila bottle.
Inside was $25 in Canadian five dollar bills wrapped around small note written in blue ink, purportedly from one of his children.
The note says Dupuis, born on July 1 1954, lived recklessly in his younger years but dreamed of travelling the world later in life.
The note says his favourite drink was tequila — straight up — and asks the finder to buy a drink for themselves and Dupuis with the money provided before releasing the bottle back into the ocean to continue its journey.
It asks the finder to write on the back of the note where the bottle was found and where it was released, but it does not say where the bottle originated.
MacDonald says he plans on bringing the bottle to the local dance at West Mabou Hall on Saturday night, so Dupuis can take in some traditional Cape Breton revelry.
He then plans on handing the bottle off to a local fisherman, who can drop it offshore.
