After 10 months in a British river..a phone belongs to its owner and it is still working

The iPhone, lost in a British river during a bachelorette party, was returned to its owner after it was found in the water 10 months later, and the surprise was that it was still working.

Miguel Pacheco said he found the phone in the water while paddling with his family this month in the River Wye in Sunderford, Gloucestershire, and took the device home to dry.

"I didn't think it would be useful," Pacheco told BBC radio.

It was full of water.”

Pacheco said he used an air compressor to dry the iPhone and was surprised when it turned on as soon as it was plugged into the charger.

"The morning when I put it on, I couldn't believe it," he said.

Pacheco posted photos of his phone and lock screen, a picture of a man and a woman, to the Cinderford Noticeboard Facebook group.

The post was shared thousands of times and the man in the photo was eventually identified as Owen Davies from Edinburgh, Scotland, according to UPI.

Davis said he was paddling as part of his bachelor party on the River Wye when he fell into the water.

"I was in a two-legged boat and maybe my partner shouldn't have been standing, needless to say we fell into it (the river)," he said.

"The phone was in my back pocket and as soon as it was in the water I realized the phone was gone."

Davis praised Pacheco for his efforts to return his phone.

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