August 8th

August 8th was an important date for both Mark Meltzer and followers of Something in the Sea. On this date, Arcadia Merlot bottles were found washed up on the shores of 10 beaches around the world for potential Seekers to find. For Mark, August 8th (1968) was when an extremely large breakthrough was made in his quest for Rapture. For the real world, August 8th (2009) was a day to step into Mark's shoes and find out what was really going to happen at those 10 beaches.

How it happened
Back in phase 2 of Something in the Sea, Mark Meltzer was hot on the trail of Lutwidge's riddles and puzzles, deciphering the clues within. As time went by, Mark came across the Scarlet Sovereign warehouse (AKA: The Red Queen), Lutwidge's old business headquarters. Within the walls of this decrepit building, Mark stumbled upon three items: A jewelry box, a blank map of the Atlantic region with the Frozen Triangle drawn on it (The Bellman's Chart), and another recording from Lutwidge.

After skillfully drawing the continents on the Bellman's Chart, The Frozen Triangle was shown to have 10 "paths" escaping from it, all of these pointing to a specific location in the world. Coinciding with the Bellman's Chart, opening the Jewelry Box revealed that something would appear at all 10 of these locations on the 8th of August.

Mark devised a plan after deciphering the 10 coordinates, and began to rally his contacts to make sure all 10 locations (revealed to all be beaches) were visited.

At the same time, real world fans were alerted of this event. After much speculation, it was revealed that August 8 would also be occurring in real life.

Mark's note on the 10 beaches
AUGUST 8TH

1 = 6:41 AM 33° 53'S 151° 16'E = Bondi Beach
 * (Australia)

2 = 5:43 AM 53° 57'N 10° 52'E = Travemunde Beach
 * (Germany)

3 = 6:03 AM 44° 4'N 12° 34'E = Rimini Beach
 * (Italy)

4 = 6:15 AM 52° 7'N 4° 17'E = Scheveningen Beach
 * (The Hague, Netherlands)

5 = 6:28 AM 43° 41'N 7° 15'E = Bay of Angels
 * (Nice, France)

6 = 5:37 AM 50° 49'N 0° 8'W = Brighton Beach
 * (England)

7 = 6:54 AM 41° 22'N 2° 11'E = Barceloneta Beach
 * (Spain)

8 = 5:58 AM 40° 35'N 73° 30'W = Jones Beach, NY
 * (U.S.)

9 = 5:55 AM 49° 16'N 123° 9'W = Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver
 * (Can.)

10 = 6:11 AM 34° 0'N 118° 29'W = Santa Monica, Calif.
 * (U.S.)

TRIANGLE = "Frozen Triangle?"
 * Rel. to Rapture???

(Is Rapture an island city???)

Effects on the Site
When August 8th did come around, it was surely a memorable day for Mark and his contacts. On all 10 of the beaches, buried halfway in the sand were dozens of Arcadia Merlot bottles. Inside each of these bottles were 3 promotional posters for Rapture. One was a "welcome" poster (possibly designed for the original chosen candidates of the city), and 2 were advertisements for plasmids (1 for Electro-bolt and 1 for Decoy). While Mark wasn't entirely aware (and still isn't) of the true meanings of these posters, it gave him stunning proof of the existence of an underwater city. Soon, Meltzer will make the connections between Orrin Oscar Lutwidge's seemingly unrealistic tales and the plasmid advertisements, as well as what they really mean.

The Real World Event
In 2009, followers of the site were also invited to join Mark and his contacts at the beaches. While they didn't actually show up, Mark forwarded his letter with the coordinates to Phil Isidore, requesting that he "pass it on to anyone in his network". Once followers of the site got wind of this, they knew it was an invitation to go to one of the beaches. Those who did end up rising early and hiking to any of the 10 aforementioned beaches, they were graced by the same thing Mark was: A host of Arcadia Merlot bottles, half buried in the sand, carrying 3 promotional posters from Rapture.