Man Discovers Surprising Mystery Lurking in Car Door

We all have to deal with unexpected expenses from time to time, and many of us don’t have savings built up to pay for these.

We all have bills to pay, and one Redditor recently shared his experience with being a bit down and out. As everyday expenses continued to pile up, a man searching for a car realized it might be out of his budget.

Brand-new cars were out of the question, but even the used market was not ideal. He needed to find a bargain but still get a car that was safe and roadworthy enough to get him where he needed to go.

Used cars are cheaper but can still cost at least half the price you’d pay for a used one. Plus, used cars tend to come with a whole host of issues.

With his monthly expenses piling up and no resources to spare, this man had to be selective and have smart decision-making skills when looking for a car. The used market seemed ideal – they often aren’t as expensive as new ones – but even these seemed too expensive.

Many people are hesitant due to the potential sketchiness of these transactions. But there are so many benefits! Not only is there a wide and varied selection of vehicles, but many people are offered cars at lower prices than those in typical car lots and online stores.

Things went well for the most part. Our man fixed up the car to the best of his ability and found it was a great way for him to get back and forth to work. But one day, the power window stopped working abruptly.

He busted out his tools and got to work, turning to online tutorials to figure out what he needed to do. Everything seemed pretty straightforward, so he put on his protective gear and dismantled the car door to take a closer look.

There was a bag lodged inside the door. He was perplexed by this – although he didn’t have much experience fixing car doors, he posited that perhaps it was an airbag or some other piece of machinery. But things weren’t adding up. Why would you put an airbag in the car door?

Although the man kept telling himself he’d return to the bag later, he couldn’t stop his mind from wandering. And there didn’t seem to be anything wrong with the car window!

Was the bag the source of the window problems? It was very likely that the bag had been impeding the movement of the window, so it was, therefore, unlikely that it was something the manufacturer had installed or stashed there.

The man ripped open the bag to discover seven bundles of something wrapped tightly in duct tape. He turned the bundles over in his hands, looking for clues about what the bundles contained. There was nothing except for a few letters and numbers written on one side of each bundle.

The man was worried. Would he be in trouble for possessing these bundles, even though he hadn’t any idea that they were there? Were these bundles part of some suspicious activity?

The man decided to cut open the bundles, knowing that if he didn’t, he’d always wonder what was inside them. If it was something ordinary and not illicit, he decided to throw the bundles away and not worry about it. If it was something shady, he could always call the police afterward.

The man cut through all the duct tape and discovered that he actually recognized what was inside the bundles – it was money. Not just a little bit of money, but lots of money. It started with a stack of $10 bills, then another stack, then another.

He had found thousands of dollars in cash, and with sweat running down his face, he knew he had a fortune in his hands. It was more money than he’d ever had and more money than he’d make working day and night.

The man did not know if he should go to the police. He wasn’t sure what he should do at all! He could do so much with this much money.

Who had put the money in the car? What should he do with it? Was it now officially his money? And more importantly, was somebody going to come looking for it?

Uncertain of what to do, our man took to Reddit to get opinions. He posted anonymously on the platform to make sure nobody would recognize him.

With thousands of responses (all of them mixed) he still doesn’t have the right answer as to what advice to take. How should he deal with the growing number of disturbing messages in his inbox? And how will he handle his newfound internet stardom?

Once something is on the internet, it’s there forever – even if you delete it! The man realized that even though the post was gone, his story had gone viral.