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Family finds $45,000 in new home — then returns it

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AP – In this photo taken May 18, 2011, from left, Josh and Tara Ferrin, who recently closed on a new home, …

By CHI-CHI ZHANG, Associated Press Chi-chi Zhang, Associated Press– Thu May 19, 8:50 pm ET

SALT LAKE CITY – When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime — then give it back.

Ferrin picked up the keys earlier this week and decided to check out the house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful. He was excited to finally have a place his family could call their own.

As he walked into the garage, a piece of cloth that clung to an attic door caught his eye. He opened the hatch and climbed up the ladder, then pulled out a metal box that looked like a World War II ammunition case.

"I freaked out, locked it my car, and called my wife to tell her she wouldn't believe what I had found," said Ferrin, who works as an artist for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...ound_money

Least he returned it, there was some dweebs who claimed they saw about $100,000 in a tree or something. Instead of returning it, they spent on a bunch of shit. The FBI caught up to them eventually...least I think it was the FBI but they got arrested. I saw that on truTV one night.

Stupid.

I woulda spent that shit.

Acrylic said:

Stupid.

I woulda spent that shit.

See you on truTV in the future. Just kidding.

Oh brother. People can justify their stupidity in any situation.

But I wonder who the fuck would leave $45,000 in a house?!

Cool. He's an honest dude. I admire him,

It's sweet that he returned it, but he was under no legal obligation to do so. Once you close on a house, you own it and everything it contains - lock, stock and $45,000 barrel.

Good on him.

Genesia said:

It's sweet that he returned it, but he was under no legal obligation to do so. Once you close on a house, you own it and everything it contains - lock, stock and $45,000 barrel.

that's what I'm saying. kudos on being a decent human being (or not wanting to get shot by whoever owns it!), but yeah....that shit is actually his.

This is $38000...

http://sfbay.craigslist.o...61247.html

jus' sayin'...

Good on him, I am sure if he had spent it, his conscience would have caught with him eventually.

But how do we know it was really $75K that was found but they pocketed that and then reported that they found only $45K? Cuz that's what I would have done. Taken at least part of it but not all.

missfee said:

But how do we know it was really $75K that was found but they pocketed that and then reported that they found only $45K? Cuz that's what I would have done. Taken at least part of it but not all.

I thought the exact same thing.

I wouldn't have kept all of it...but I might have kept some.

My father was like that. Before he died, he had most of his money in two attaches and a paper bag. After he died, and we were cleaning out his apartment, I found another $600 hidden under the bedroom carpet. No telling where else he might have hidden cash, but I scoured every nook and cranny. We even had to search the house my mom was living in because he built that house, and I knew he had money hidden there, too. After all was said and done, we Mom, my brother and I) counted $450,000.00.

When my mom and I cleaned out my grandfather's apartment (when he moved to a nursing home), we found $2000 in a clothes hamper. He lived poor as a churchmouse, but he had his little stash.

Shyra said:

My father was like that. Before he died, he had most of his money in two attaches and a paper bag. After he died, and we were cleaning out his apartment, I found another $600 hidden under the bedroom carpet. No telling where else he might have hidden cash, but I scoured every nook and cranny. We even had to search the house my mom was living in because he built that house, and I knew he had money hidden there, too. After all was said and done, we Mom, my brother and I) counted $450,000.00.

Nice...........

I would have kept that money. For all this guy knows, the previous owner may have been hiding it from the family and this fool turns around and gives it to them.

that dough was rolled and banded up like skripper money. 20s and 10s and shit!

Timmy84 said:

But I wonder who the fuck would leave $45,000 in a house?!

Anybody who lived during the depression and remembers their money going up in smoke in banks. This guy never told his kids about the money, kudos to the homeowners for doing the standup thing.

TD3 said:

Timmy84 said:

But I wonder who the fuck would leave $45,000 in a house?!

Anybody who lived during the depression and remembers their money going up in smoke in banks. This guy never told his kids about the money, kudos to the homeowners for doing the standup thing.

^agree. money ain't all there is to life. money is the easy part. character is what matters at the end of the day.

I would have kept 12.000$, and I'd have given the rest to charity...

XxAxX said:

TD3 said:

Anybody who lived during the depression and remembers their money going up in smoke in banks. This guy never told his kids about the money, kudos to the homeowners for doing the standup thing.

^agree. money ain't all there is to life. money is the easy part. character is what matters at the end of the day.

Seems a lot of people don't understand this simple concept.

Good thing that house never caught on fire. Now that would have been money wasted indeed.

I hope that dude's children don't waste it on blow.

Would have kept the money and dumped it all on my mortage... pay off that loan a bit sooner.

Just sayin'...