A homeless man made the discovery of a lifetime outside a food bank in Washington.
On an early morning in September, Kevin Booth was looking for the free bread that gets left outside the bank for people to take.
However, what he found was much better than bread. It was a brown paper bag stuffed with cash.
It amounted to $17,000USD ($24,681NZ).
He told his local newspaper, the News Tribune that "of course, I sniffed it to see if it was real".
Once he established it smelt like real money, he debated taking it but ultimately decided that he "was not that type of person".
Mr Booth waited until the Sumner Community Food Bank opened, and passed the bag to a volunteer. Once she realised that it was cash in the bag, and not food, she called the police.
The police arrived, took possession of the money and opened an investigation to see where the mysterious windfall had come from.
"It's strange for someone to leave a bunch of money like that outside a food bank" said Sumner police officer Marcus McDonald in an interview with The Washington Post.
However, the food bank's security cameras weren't working at the time, so no one knew where the bag had come from.
Last week, the required 90 days had passed and the investigation had shown no suspicious activity, nor had anyone come forward to claim the money.
The money was given back to Sumner Community Food Bank in a ceremony where police also presented Mr Booth with a citizen's citation for his honesty.
The food bank is also giving him a reward.
Mr McDonald said Mr Booth is known to police for being "a good guy who sometimes hangs out with a rough crowd".
The food bank decided to give him a variety of gift cards over time to protect him, rather than a lump sum.
The food bank director, Anita Miller says Mr Booth will "not take a room or board, he turns down inside living".
She says that the food bank is grateful for his honesty and integrity.
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