Posted on 02/06/2015 11:06:23 AM PST by Daffynition
ELLSWORTH, Maine Goodwill staff and police got more than they bargained for last week after a book was donated to the Ellsworth location.
An employee was going through one of the books and found a gun inside it on Jan. 30, according to Ellsworth police Lt. Harold Page.
It just looks like a regular book that somebody had cut the pages out of the inside, Page said.
Page said Goodwill has a central warehouse where they receive items from, and the gun was discovered upon the books delivery to the Ellsworth location. An employee called police upon discovering the weapon.
Lucky guy.
There is a woman in my town who has been running an antique shop since the Eisenhower days (she is 90) who is always finding interesting and often lethal objects in her estate purchases. I have a good size hoard of Norma .45 ammunition she found in a dresser drawer.
When my mother had to clean out my grandmothers home she started tossing books into boxes. That is until money started falling out. Now grandma had become more than just a bit of a hoarder in her old age.
Over the years grandma had managed to stash over $20,000 in cash around her house. It was in books, magazines, mason jars tucked away, even literally under the mattress.
What was supposed to take a few days took almost a month.
Nice to know ammo doesn’t come with a *use by* date. :)
What a great story!
We had something similar happen with rolls of cash hidden in socks in grandpa’s top drawer.
They ARE!
Except if you want to actually OWN one.
Then, no.
Nope, not if it is kept dry. I have found investing in some ammo cans is always a good idea though.
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