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Thread started 06/10/09 11:49am

Graycap23

Israeli woman mistakenly junks $1 million mattress

JERUSALEM — An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress she said had almost $1 million inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of garbage at a number of landfill sites on Wednesday.

The woman told The Associated Press that she bought her elderly mother a new mattress as a surprise present on Monday — and threw out the old one.

The next day, she said, she remembered that she had hidden her life savings inside the old mattress. "I woke up in the morning screaming, when it hit me what happened," said the Tel Aviv woman, who asked not to be identified.

She went to look for the mattress, but it had already been hauled away by garbage collectors, she said. Searches at three different landfill sites turned up nothing.

She said the money was in U.S. dollars and Israeli shekels. She refused to say how she acquired such a large sum. "It was all my money in the world," she said. There was no way to verify her claims, and she refused to disclose key details.

Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said he was not familiar with the case and no report had been filed.

The Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot published a picture of the woman searching through garbage at a dump in southern Israel. The picture shows the woman, dressed in a white top and black pants with her back to the camera, picking through a huge pile of trash that fills the frame about 10 feet in all directions.

Yitzhak Borba, the dump manager, told Army Radio that his staff was helping the woman, saying she appeared "totally desperate." He said the mattress was hard to find among the 2,500 tons of garbage that arrives at the site every day.

He said the increased security at the site to keep would-be treasure hunters away.

The woman said the money had been stashed in a mattress because she had had "traumatic experiences with banks" in the past. She would not elaborate.
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Reply #1 posted 06/10/09 11:56am

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I read this in the Daily News this morning. How do you forget you have $1 million--your life savings--stuffed in a mattress?

"She's had traumatic experiences with banks." I bet the banks don't look so bad to her now.
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Reply #2 posted 06/10/09 11:57am

SCNDLS

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nuts
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Reply #3 posted 06/10/09 11:58am

Graycap23

Sh*t happens.....
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Reply #4 posted 06/10/09 2:42pm

thekidsgirl

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It must be nice to be able to afford to forget about a million dollars! eek
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Reply #5 posted 06/10/09 4:14pm

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With $1 million dollars you can't afford to find a better place to save that money?

eek
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Reply #6 posted 06/10/09 4:36pm

XxAxX

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ick. wouldn't that get sort of.. nasty after a while? money is dirty ill and talk about bad vibes for a bed!!!!

aside from that, i hope she gets it back somehow
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Reply #7 posted 06/10/09 5:59pm

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XxAxX said:

ick. wouldn't that get sort of.. nasty after a while? money is dirty ill and talk about bad vibes for a bed!!!!

aside from that, i hope she gets it back somehow

I heard it makes you forgetful
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Reply #8 posted 06/10/09 6:08pm

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I was going to post this yesterday...but i changed my mind.....that's crazy that she forgot...
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Reply #9 posted 06/10/09 6:08pm

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Get a bank account
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Reply #10 posted 06/10/09 8:25pm

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Stick it in a safe deposit box, if you do not want a record of it. rolleyes
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Reply #11 posted 06/10/09 9:36pm

morningsong

If that mattress is found with every dollar would be the biggest shock.

Moral, don't surprise your ole skool mothers with large pieces of furniture, ask first.
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Reply #12 posted 06/10/09 10:27pm

matthewgrant

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ouch
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P*$$y so bad, if u throw it into da air, it would turn into sunshine!!! whistle
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