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American couple 'find' $50,000 and a 50-year-old bottle of whisky in a secret safe in their home Viral story of American couple who found a $50,000 under the floorboards is probably a hoax
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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. The story of an American couple who apparently found more than $50,000 and 50-year old bottle of bourbon stuffed in a safe hidden in their house that went viral on imgue is probably a hoax.
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. In a post on the picture-sharing site imgur, Eddie, 29, and Angie, 26, from Phoenix in Arizona said they 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 say they found a pile of old $100 bills amounting to $51,080, a bottle of bourbon dating 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, also said: “We stared in disbelief. Time stood still. Eddie yelled, ‘Wait it might be booby trapped!’”
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!’”  But the story has been widely accused of being a fake.
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. One reddit user, GoAwyB8N said the safe was unlikely to be "10-20 years old":
She doubted it was the last occupants however as they “seemed to like cats and smoking”. "This safe available on Amazon, which states it was first available for purchase June 2, 2010.
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" "All of the contents are much older than that and would not have recently transferred and forgotten about in the past five years, unless someone had all that money sitting around, decided they finally needed a safe and then died without leaving any clues to any family members. Seems like a hoax for sweet sweet karma to me."
According to Angie’s “wiki research” the bottle of bourbon seems to be “as rare as it comes” and has been aged six years. The story was originally posted on the Chive, which has in the past posted hoax stories as social experiments.
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. In 2007, the site ran a story saying businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump had left a $10,000 tip on a bill of $82.27 at a Californian restaurant.
"But we’re keeping the bourbon!" In addition, there have been claims that the makers of the bourbon - pictured so prominently in the images - has just started making the drink again.
However, some people have questioned whether the story might be an elaborate hoax. The Independent has contacted the distillery to confirm or deny this.
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.