I flere tiår har merkelige telefoner dukket opp på strendene – nå er mysteriet løst

Etter 35 år med absurde funn av Garfield-telefoner langs franskekysten, har man funnet forklaringen.

A plastic 'Garfield' phone is displayed on the beach on March 30, 2019 in Le Conquet, western France. - For more than 30 years, plastic phones in the shape of the famous cat 'Garfield' have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery is now solved : a shipping container which washed up during a storm in the 1980s, was found in a hidden sea cave. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Foto: Fred Tanneau
Christian Kervelle-Lety, a voluntary of the French association Ar Viltansou searches near the entry of a partially submerged cave only accessible at low tide where a container full of 'Garfield' phones ended up 30 years ago, on April 4, 2019 in Plouarzel, western of France. - For more than 30 years, plastic phones in the shape of the famous cat 'Garfield' have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery is now solved : a shipping container which washed up during a storm in the 1980s, was found in a hidden sea cave. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Foto: Fred Tanneau
A voluntary of the French association Ar Viltansou climbs rocks in front of the entry of a partially submerged cave only accessible at low tide where a container full of 'Garfield' phones ended up 30 years ago, on April 4, 2019 in Plouarzel, western of France. - For more than 30 years, plastic phones in the shape of the famous cat 'Garfield' have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery is now solved : a shipping container which washed up during a storm in the 1980s, was found in a hidden sea cave. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Foto: Fred Tanneau
Christian Kervelle-Lety, a voluntary of the French association Ar Viltansou searches at the entry of a partially submerged cave only accessible at low tide where a container full of 'Garfield' phones ended up 30 years ago, on April 4, 2019 in Plouarzel, western of France. - For more than 30 years, plastic phones in the shape of the famous cat 'Garfield' have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery is now solved : a shipping container which washed up during a storm in the 1980s, was found in a hidden sea cave. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Foto: Fred Tanneau
Christian Kervelle-Lety, a voluntary of the French association Ar Viltansou, shows a 'Garfield' phone near the entry of a partially submerged cave only accessible at low tide where a container full of 'Garfield' phones ended up 30 years ago, on April 4, 2019 in Plouarzel, western of France. - For more than 30 years, plastic phones in the shape of the famous cat 'Garfield' have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery is now solved : a shipping container which washed up during a storm in the 1980s, was found in a hidden sea cave. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Foto: Fred Tanneau
Claire Simonin, president of the French association Ar Viltansou, searches in a partially submerged cave only accessible at low tide where a container full of 'Garfield' phones ended up 30 years ago, on April 4, 2019 in Plouarzel, western of France. - For more than 30 years, plastic phones in the shape of the famous cat 'Garfield' have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery is now solved : a shipping container which washed up during a storm in the 1980s, was found in a hidden sea cave. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Foto: Fred Tanneau
Claire Simonin, president of the French association Ar Viltansou is seen next to a remain of a container near the entry of a partially submerged cave only accessible at low tide where a container full of 'Garfield' phones ended up 30 years ago, on April 4, 2019 in Plouarzel, western of France. - For more than 30 years, plastic phones in the shape of the famous cat 'Garfield' have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery is now solved : a shipping container which washed up during a storm in the 1980s, was found in a hidden sea cave. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Foto: Fred Tanneau
TOPSHOT - A plastic 'Garfield' phone is displayed on the beach on March 30, 2019 in Le Conquet, western France. - For more than 30 years, plastic phones in the shape of the famous cat 'Garfield' have been washing up on French beaches. The mystery is now solved : a shipping container which washed up during a storm in the 1980s, was found in a hidden sea cave. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU / AFP) Foto: Fred Tanneau
Christian Kervelle-Lety fra gruppa Ar Viltansou leter etter Garfield-telefoner i inngangen til en grotte som kun er synlig ved lavvann. I mer enn 30 år har slike telefoner blitt skylt opp på land på strender vest i Frankrike.
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Siden 1980 har det med jevne og ujevne mellomrom dukket opp knall oransje fasttelefoner som ser ut som tegneseriefiguen Garfield på franske strender. Miljøvernere som trasker milevis langs strendene for å plukke plast, har gjennom årene plukket hundrevis av større og mindre oransje plastbiter, og ingen har skjønt hvorfor de til stadighet dukket opp. Man mistenkte selvsagt at garfieldtelefonene hadde blitt mistet av et frakteskip, men man fant aldri noe spor etter en container el

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