Monroe Man's Wallet Back 43 Years Later, With the $2

Monroe, LA, News-Star ^ | 12-19-03 | Cannon, Chuck

[Theodore R.]

When Levelle Haynes received a telephone call early Thursday, he thought someone was trying to sell him something.

"This guy called, asked was I Dr. Levelle Haynes, and said he had something for me," Haynes said.

The guy, Ray "Bubba" Rhymes, wasn't trying to sell Haynes anything, but he did have something for Haynes - a wallet the retired University of Louisiana at Monroe professor lost more than 40 years ago.

[Theodore R.]

I thought that this human interest story might interest a few on the forum.

[plain talk]

My dad was one of the most honest people I know. I remember when he found a wallet at a flea market with about $70 dollars or so back in the early 1980's. He put an ad in the Houston paper to try and get it back to its rightful owner. No one ever claimed it. When he died in 1997 we went through his things and found the wallet with the $70 still inside.

[NautiNurse]

Just goes to show that 'Rats will steal everything from your wallet to your underwear.

[KansasConservative1]

"Just goes to show that 'Rats will steal everything from your wallet to your underwear."

Simply Classic... Bravo!

[whereasandsoforth]

Did I read correctly? They actually found the home office for DU? I'll bet their first reaction was "PU".

[EggsAckley]

"Just goes to show that 'Rats will steal everything from your wallet to your underwear."

Maybe we need THIS guy...........................

[nana4bush]

I used to go swimming at this Forsythe Park pool. I tell ya, I wouldn't have gone near the place if I had known there were rats there wearing size 38 underwear!!!

[1rudeboy]

"Look at this picture of my wife - she was a good-looking woman."

Was? The couch awaits, professor.

[Kirkwood]

She may have passed away.

[kaylar]

I couldn't believe it." Haynes said. "I remember the wallet being stolen, but I never figured I'd ever get it back." ..."I looked everywhere for it," he said. "I thought that maybe someone might take the two dollars, but the thought never crossed my mind that they'd take the whole thing."

Unless I miss the professor's point, it sounds like he still thinks his wallet was stolen by a human, and not carried off by a rodent. One would think that finding the wallet-money and cards intact-would prove toanyone that no human took that wallet.

[kaylar]

That last sentence should read,One would think that finding the wallet-money and cards intact inside a giant rat's nest -would prove to anyone that no human took that wallet.

[Heatseeker]

Thanks for the post - great article!

"It was the biggest rat's nest I'd ever seen."

He should see my office. :)

[YOMO]

Up to and including ELECTIONS in FL.

[1rudeboy]

At the end of the article, she appears quite alive.