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Mystery of Garfield phones on beach finally solved after 35 years(1/3)

2019-04-01 14:54:48 Ecns.cn Editor :Li Yan

$A plastic \'Garfield\' phone is displayed on the beach in Le Conquet, western France. Since the 1980s, the Iroise coast in French coastal community Brittany has received a supply of bright orange landline novelty phones shaped like the famous cartoon cat. Now the source of the problem has been found - a lost shipping container. (Photo/VCG)$

A plastic 'Garfield' phone is displayed on the beach in Le Conquet, western France. Since the 1980s, the Iroise coast in French coastal community Brittany has received a supply of bright orange landline novelty phones shaped like the famous cartoon cat. Now the source of the problem has been found - a lost shipping container. (Photo/VCG)

$A plastic \'Garfield\' phone is displayed on the beach in Le Conquet, western France. Since the 1980s, the Iroise coast in French coastal community Brittany has received a supply of bright orange landline novelty phones shaped like the famous cartoon cat. Now the source of the problem has been found - a lost shipping container. (Photo/VCG)$

A plastic 'Garfield' phone is displayed on the beach in Le Conquet, western France. Since the 1980s, the Iroise coast in French coastal community Brittany has received a supply of bright orange landline novelty phones shaped like the famous cartoon cat. Now the source of the problem has been found - a lost shipping container. (Photo/VCG)

$A plastic \'Garfield\' phone is displayed on the beach in Le Conquet, western France. Since the 1980s, the Iroise coast in French coastal community Brittany has received a supply of bright orange landline novelty phones shaped like the famous cartoon cat. Now the source of the problem has been found - a lost shipping container. (Photo/VCG)$

A plastic 'Garfield' phone is displayed on the beach in Le Conquet, western France. Since the 1980s, the Iroise coast in French coastal community Brittany has received a supply of bright orange landline novelty phones shaped like the famous cartoon cat. Now the source of the problem has been found - a lost shipping container. (Photo/VCG)