“I was messing about with my dog and my phone must have fallen out and been swept out in the swell.  I kept calling it but I gave up hope after a couple of days,” stated Cheatle in an interview with The Sun UK.

Cheatle and his girlfriend were shopping for a new cellphone when the phone rang.

“I thought he was winding me up but he assured me he had caught a cod that morning and was gutting it for his fish stall and that my Nokia was inside it — a bit worse for wear,” stated Cheatle.  “I didn’t believe him but went to meet him and found it was my phone — a bit smelly and battered — but incredibly it still worked after I let it dry out.”