Michigan man finds $43K in donated couch

[Sam Punk]

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-man-finds-43k-donated-couch-returns-cash-previous-owner-n1118091

A Michigan man said the ottoman for a couch he purchased from a secondhand store always felt a bit uncomfortable, but little did he know that it was because it was stuffed with $43,000 in cash.
Howard Kirby bought the couch and other furniture at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Owosso, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit, for $70.

He told MLive.com that he put the piece of furniture in his man cave, but thought something felt off about it.
“The foot cushion always seemed kind of hard,” he told the outlet.
Kirby's daughter-in-law opened up the piece of furniture to get to the bottom of its weird stuffing and found a box containing just over $43,000 in cash.

[Tenshigure]

Good on him for returning the money, but damned if I wouldn't have kept it for myself and not told a soul...

[arrogantmodel]

Yeah, I kind of doubt my first thought upon finding a couple grand in an old couch would be, "Alert the media!"

[Paul]

Jan 17, 2020 22:38:35 GMT -5 Tenshigure said:

Good on him for returning the money, but damned if I wouldn't have kept it for myself and not told a soul...

Me too, and I give you a ton of credit for being honest about this.

[ayumidah]

Wow. I recently bought an ottoman, remind me to never put a box of money in it haha.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

Michigan Man sounds like a pretty weak superhero, not gonna lie.

[Ash Kingston]

Yeah, Florida Man would have used the money to buy drugs, or hookers, or hookers made of drugs... and someone would have ended up naked.

["Magic" Mark Hurr]

I wouldn't have said a damn word.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Jan 17, 2020 22:38:35 GMT -5 Tenshigure said:

Good on him for returning the money, but damned if I wouldn't have kept it for myself and not told a soul...

Especially considering I’d bet my house that that money was dirty as f***. Nobody on the up and up has $43k just chilling in a ottoman

[Sam Punk]

If it was me I'd have returned it. Most likely it's somebody's life savings!

[El Cokehead del Knife Fight]

Jan 18, 2020 20:12:53 GMT -5 Sam Punk said:

If it was me I'd have returned it. Most likely it's somebody's life savings!

Nah, best bet is that money is dirty.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Jan 18, 2020 20:12:53 GMT -5 Sam Punk said:

If it was me I'd have returned it. Most likely it's somebody's life savings!

Nobody would donate an ottoman with their life savings in it. My guess is it was some mafia member or drug dealer who died young and his family gave the furniture to good will

[Natural Born Farmer]

Jan 18, 2020 20:47:22 GMT -5 The Summer of Muskrat XVII said:

Jan 18, 2020 20:12:53 GMT -5 Sam Punk said:

If it was me I'd have returned it. Most likely it's somebody's life savings!

Nobody would donate an ottoman with their life savings in it. My guess is it was some mafia member or drug dealer who died young and his family gave the furniture to good will

That’d be my first thought as well, but then you kind of have to wonder if anyone is going to come looking for that money.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

People donating stuff from passed on relatives with money in it isn't that uncommon.

[dav]

Jan 18, 2020 21:01:06 GMT -5 Magnus the Magnificent said:

People donating stuff from passed on relatives with money in it isn't that uncommon.

I worked at a charity shop and people donating things without realising their value is fairly common. Tends to be an older relative passes on and they just have a massive clear out without ever realising the worth of what they're giving away. Once got about six first edition James Bond books that way, all in mint condition as well.

[Glitch]

I thought this said Michelin Man.
He doesn't need anymore money. He's already living off that mountain of mascot money. Greedy inflated lazy f***.

[Mozenrath]

I'd frankly be terrified it would be from a bank robber or drug dealer. No way would I keep it to myself.