During a fishing trip, 14-year-old Connor Halsa believed he had caught a large fish in a Minnesota lake. However, to his surprise, what was actually caught by his fishing rod was totally different.
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The boy who was traveling with the family was surprised to pull the hook back to the surface and find a wallet. In addition, when removing the item from the hook, he found the incredible amount of US$ 2 thousand, equivalent to approximately R$ 9.7 thousand in cash.
According to information from the portal that collected information about the case, the wallet found by the young man still had a business card. In this way, it was possible to find the owner of the portfoliowith some ease.
The owner of the wallet found by the young man was contacted after the incident and questioned by those responsible for the WDAY-TV channel. See what was said:
“The water was terribly choppy. I was sitting in the back of the boat and it was rocking back and forth a lot," said Denney, who believes the wallet slipped out of his pocket.
He only realized it when he got back to the resort where he was staying and needed to pay the bill. “I didn't have a penny with me.”
After finding out from the contact made by the young man and his family that the item had been found during the fishing realized, the man was perplexed and even traveled to meet the family, giving the boy a custom-made refrigerator as a gift.
In addition, the man even took the family to dinner and offered part of the money recovered to the boy as a form of appreciation.
After being offered part of the value by the owner of the wallet, the boy refused to receive anything other than the refrigerator. According to him, “we don't work hard for the money. He worked, so it was his money,” Connor Halsa told the interview team.
Furthermore, the young man reported that, after retrieving the item, he immediately put the bills in his wallet out to dry. In this way, he delivered them intact to the owner, who ran after the contact to retrieve the item and the value that had been found inside.