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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'

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Is 9 months long-lost? Is this fake? What do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

100% fake for Internet points. That shit would have washed out to sea or sunk in the ocean.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

It sounds crazy but the article has a few good details that show it’s real.

  • She lives on a private island so she walks the beach daily and cleans trash from it.

  • She lost the wallet when boarding a boat on the island so it didn’t travel that far.

One good storm would’ve washed it back onto the land.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

9 months qualifies as "long-lost" for a wallet

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Woman finds wallet near where she lost it, where she lives. Yeah, this isn't weird and it certainly isn't news.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Agree but to be fair it made it to shore from the anchor buoy, which is pretty interesting.Best I can figure is it didn't sink all the way to the bottom and tidal/wave-action deposited it on the beach where it may have continued to move along drift.

Like... possible but really unlikely.