Museum Visitor Unlocks Safe That Couldn't Be Cracked
For 40 years, a museum in the Canadian town of Vermilion had a safe that no locksmith could open. What was in it when it finally opened? An old pad with restaurant orders and a pay-slip from the '70s.
NOEL KING, HOST:
Good morning. I'm Noel King. For 40 years, a museum in the Canadian town of Vermillion had a mystery - a safe in the basement with a lock that no locksmith could crack. Last month, a museum visitor saw the safe. He put his ear up close, spun the dial and the door creaked open. Inside - well, just an old pad with restaurant orders and a pay slip from the 1970s. A museum tour guide told the CBC they'll probably just keep the safe door open from now on.
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