AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) 鈥� A man in Norway discovered a Maine Department of Transportation hard hat more than 3,300 miles (5,310 kilometers) away from its home.
Sigbj酶rn Eide said he was collecting trash earlier this month along Norway's coast when he came across the white hard hat buried in seaweed. Eide spotted an American flag and a MaineDOT logo on the hard hat, reported Tuesday.
When he got home later that day, Eide said he found out the hat belonged to the Maine Department of Transportation and reached out to the department through social media.
Edie told MaineDOT on Feb. 8 that he 鈥渨as astonished and impressed about the long voyage the small helmet had taken,鈥� the newspaper reported.
On Tuesday, MaineDOT posted that Eide had found the hat miles away from Maine.
鈥淪igbj酶rn was on a walk and found a MaineDOT hard hat in a fjord, about 3,300 miles from MaineDOT headquarters,鈥� the department said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not quite sure how this happened, but we鈥檙e glad we have a new pen pal!鈥�
A MaineDOT spokesperson said the department won鈥檛 ask Eide to return the hat and is planning to send him some items from the state.
The Associated Press
