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| American couple 'find' $50,000 and a 50-year-old bottle of whisky in a secret safe in their home | |
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| An American couple have alleged they found more than $50,000 and 50-year old bottle of bourbon stuffed in a safe hidden in their house. | |
| In a post on the imgur, which has not be verified and could be a hoax, Eddie, 29, and Angie, 26, from Phoenix in Arizona were busy renovating the kitchen of their “fixer-upper” home when they stumbled across a locked safe underneath the floorboards. | |
| Remembering a safe code they say had found in the back of a medicine cabinet when they first moved in two years ago they dug it out and after a few attempts got the safe to pop open. | |
| Inside they found a pile of old $100 bills which, when counted up, came to $51,080, a bottle of bourbon dated from 1960, a bingo card and a book entitled “A Guide to the Perplexed” by E.F. Schumacher. The safe contained just over $50,000, bourbon, and a mysterious book | Inside they found a pile of old $100 bills which, when counted up, came to $51,080, a bottle of bourbon dated from 1960, a bingo card and a book entitled “A Guide to the Perplexed” by E.F. Schumacher. The safe contained just over $50,000, bourbon, and a mysterious book |
| Angie, who didn't wish to give her last name, said “We stared in disbelief. Time stood still. Eddie yelled, ‘Wait it might be booby trapped!’” | |
| She said the safe looked to be around 10 to 20 years old and there had been at least six previous owners living in their homes. | She said the safe looked to be around 10 to 20 years old and there had been at least six previous owners living in their homes. |
| She doubted it was the last occupants however as they “seemed to like cats and smoking”. | She doubted it was the last occupants however as they “seemed to like cats and smoking”. |
| Most mysteriously of all, in the book she found a note saying: “Alan, I have a book you must read. I’ve underlined a few key passages. Your friend, Vincent”. The 50 year old bourbon is believed to be "as rare as they come" | Most mysteriously of all, in the book she found a note saying: “Alan, I have a book you must read. I’ve underlined a few key passages. Your friend, Vincent”. The 50 year old bourbon is believed to be "as rare as they come" |
| According to Angie’s “wiki research” the bottle of bourbon seems to be “as rare as it comes” and has been aged six years. | According to Angie’s “wiki research” the bottle of bourbon seems to be “as rare as it comes” and has been aged six years. |
| She told the Chive: “We haven’t decided what we’re going to do with the money yet. If Alan is still out there, it was meant for him after all. | She told the Chive: “We haven’t decided what we’re going to do with the money yet. If Alan is still out there, it was meant for him after all. |
| "But we’re keeping the bourbon!" | "But we’re keeping the bourbon!" |
| However, some people have questioned whether the story might be an elaborate hoax. | |
| Chive is well-known for reporting stories that turn out to be internet hoaxes. In 2007, the site ran a hoax saying businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump had left a $10,000 tip on a bill of $82.27 at a Californian restaurant. | |
| The "story" was picked up by several news outlets including the Huffington Post, E! News and Access Hollywood. |