NPR: Linkfest: Man Finds Small Fortune in Cash

Linkfest: Man Finds Small Fortune in Cash

Eli Estrada, a 40-year-old from Highland Park, Calif, was walking to work when he noticed something suspicious in the street. Lying on the asphalt was a bag and inside that bag were stacks of $20 bills totaling $140,000. Estrada's first thought: "I'm rich."

It didn't take long before Estrada's feelings of luck and joy turned into guilt. "That's just your first reaction," Estrada said, "but it's not yours and you feel nervous and you feel like you did something wrong, even though you didn't."

Though Estrada had debt of his own, he decided to turn the money into authorities.

It's the BPP's Ramble.

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Will Hoffman

6:29 AM ET | 04-11-2008 | permalink

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