A Michigan autoworker’s wallet is found under a hood in Minnesota – 151,000 miles later
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PETERSBURG,Mich.—AretiredMichiganautoworkerlookedataFacebookmessageaftermidnightfromastranger:Didyouloseyourwalletyearsago?
“Ifso,”aMinnesotamanwrote,“itwasintheenginebayofacar.”
RichardGuilfordcouldn’tbelievewhathewasreadingonhisphone–adecade-oldmysterywasremarkablysolved.
Guilford’stri-foldleatherwallet–stuffedwith$15,adriver’slicense,workID,giftcardsworth$275andlotterytickets–hadturnedupunderthehoodofacarinarepairshopinLakeCrystal,Minnesota.
AChristmasgiftfromGuilford’ssonswassuddenlyafamilytreasureagain.“BigRed,”ashewasaffectionatelyknownatFordMotor,wasinawe.
“Itrestoresyourfaithinhumanitythatpeoplewillsay,‘Hey,youlostthis,Ifoundthis,I’mgoingtogetitbacktoyou,'”GuilfordsaidThursday.
ThewalletwasdiscoveredinJunebymechanicChadVolk,sandwichedbetweenthetransmissionandtheairfilterboxofa2015F
