Family finds $45,000 in new home — then returns it

[unionmom]

When Josh Ferrin closed on his family's first home, he never thought he'd make the discovery of a lifetime — then give it back.

Ferrin picked up the keys earlier this week and decided to check out the house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful. He was excited to finally have a place his family could call their own.

As he walked into the garage, a piece of cloth that clung to an attic door caught his eye. He opened the hatch and climbed up the ladder, then pulled out a metal box that looked like a World War II ammunition case... (cont.)

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[mei lan]

"I could imagine him in his workshop. From time to time, he would carefully bundle up $100 with twine, climb up into his attic and put it into a box to save. And he didn't do that for me," Ferrin said of the man who had worked as a biologist for the Utah Department of Fish and Game.

There's still a LOT of nice people in this country. In fact, I believe there's WAY YONDER more nice folks than not in this country. You just don't hear about the nice ones most of the time, 'cause we're busy workin' and takin' care of things.