5 – $10 Million … in Coins,
- In 2013 an anonymous couple took their dog for a walk along their Nevada property and stumbled upon actual buried treasure! That’s right, an unassuming rusty canister jutting out of the ground just so happened to be filled with valuable historical coins. X marks the motherfucking spot!
- The gold coins dated back to the 1890s and were perfectly preserved. Naturally this little find caused the couple to rush back to the spot where they discovered seven more cans containing 1,373 old coins.
- A third of these were in mint condition and had never been in circulation, making them highly sought after by coin collectors. The treasure haul was valued at a whopping $10 million. Not bad, huh? If only my dog walks were that lucrative…
4 – Ancient Remains,
- In 2014, a man from Utah got a very spooky surprise while digging in his backyard. He was trying to dig out a small pond when his shovel unexpectedly struck something hard. When he took a closer look he discovered ancient human remains!
- Naturally this creeped the man out so he called police right away. After determining this wasn’t a recent murder, the police sent the bones away for testing. It turned out they were the bones of a Native American man who lived roughly a thousand years ago.
- The pond project had to be placed on hold until the matter was properly dealt with. Can you imagine having a stranger’s remains in your yard? That sure would explain any supernatural occurrences around your home.
3 – A Famous Actress,
- What would you do if a confused celebrity showed up in your backyard? That’s the dilemma someone faced in 1996 when the actress Margot Kidder showed up outside their California
- Margot, who’s most famous for playing Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, is considered one of the classiest and most dignified starlets from Hollywood’s golden age. and is most famous for playing Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve Superman So imagine everyone’s surprise when she turned up lost and disorientated in a strange neighbourhood after being missing for three days.
- Those closest to her say her strange behaviour was caused by her poor financial situation and declining health. She was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder and given proper psychiatric care. She’s doing much better now, but… c’mon Superman, you should’ve been there…
2 – A Cheetah,
- Sorry alligator couple, but you’ve been outdone. Julie-Ann Taylor thought her nine-year-old son was lying when he said, “Mummy, there’s a cheetah in the garden and it’s eating my bike”. To be fair, she had good reason to doubt him, what with the cheetah population in Cambridgeshire, England being exactly zero.
- But sure enough when she looked out of the kitchen window she saw her son wasn’t joking or exaggerating. It turned out the fully grown big cat had escaped from the nearby Hamerton Zoo and was taking a leisurely stroll through the neighbourhood.
- Julie rang the zoo and the keepers arrived as soon as they could. They trapped the cheetah in the family’s stable before transporting it back to the zoo. Apparently there’d been a technical issue with the enclosure but the zookeepers said the cheetah was totally tame and that Julie and her son were in no real danger. I almost believe them…
1 – A Whole Lot of Weed,
- Mack Reed found $175,000 worth of marijuana at his A. property. The wacky tobacky had been stuffed into various jars, bags and packages and placed inside a green duffel bag.
- He made the discovery in an underground access vault while trying to install solar lights. When Mack called the cops to report his finding, an operator told him everyone in the district was out on an emergency. They advised Mack to drive the bag to the station himself, but he rightly said, “Um, yeah… I don’t think driving around with twenty pounds of drugs in my car is a good idea.”
- Eventually an officer came by to collect the stash. Fearing the person who left the drugs would return, Mack left a note on the vault saying: ‘We found it and called the LAPD. They confiscated it and now are watching the place. Sorry.’
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