A teenage magnet fisher in England pulled a safe containing thousands of dollars from a river before returning the money to its rightful owner, who had it stolen from him 22 years ago.
George Tindale, 15, had been scouring the River Witham in Grantham, Lincolnshire, with his father, Kevin, 52, when he made an incredible discovery.
The safe being fished from the river. (SWNS)
The father-son duo recovered the chest from the water and, after using a crowbar to prise it open, they were stunned by what they found inside.
Among the mud and slime was a pouch containing AU$2,500 (approx. US$1,800).
“I mean, it was amazing really. We pulled this safe out and it had all that money in,” George, of Newark, Nottinghamshire, said. “We counted it roughly on the bank and … we were just shocked.”
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