The postman returned an envelope with money to an elderly resident of the American village of Depew, New York, which she accidentally threw into the mailbox along with postcards, reports the publication People.
On December 13, Marsha Bukowski was about to mail several Christmas cards and mistakenly threw an envelope with $ 800 (60.7 thousand rubles) in $ 50 bills into the mailbox. This money was intended to pay off her mortgage.
In the hope of attracting the attention of the postman, the pensioner left him a note. She even stood guard outside the mailbox from 7:30 in the morning, hoping to catch the postal worker and ask him for help, but to no avail.
In the end, the woman contacted the postal representative, who told her that the envelope had probably been removed from the box and placed in a bale of returned items that would be sorted later. “They had to sort three thousand of these letters. I had to hope that someone would be as honest as me and give me money back,” said Bukowski.
A few days later, the postman returned the envelope to the American. All the money was in place, and Bukowski shared the news over the phone with family and friends. She called the incident a real Christmas miracle.
Earlier it was reported that a schoolgirl from the English city of Liverpool found at the entrance to store a wallet with a large sum of money, returned it to the owners and saved them Christmas. The girl ignored the offers of friends to take the money for herself and handed the find to the employees of the outlet.