Stolen wallet found 56 years to the day

Stolen wallet found 56 years to the day

By Amber Waterman, Sun Journal, APPhotos from the wallet of Val Gregoire are displayed. The wallet, returned to Val's widow, Jeannette Gregoire, was stolen April 11, 1951, and then found April 11, 2007, during renovation of the Paramount Theater in Boston.



swapContent('firstHeader','applyHeader');LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — On April 11, 1951, sailor Val Gregoire, 18, was hit over the head while on shore leave in Boston. When he came to, his wallet — and his pants — were gone.
Gregoire's widow and five children were familiar with the story, which became part of family legend. But now they have proof. The wallet was discovered by a demolition worker at Boston's Paramount Theatre — 56 years to the day Gregoire lost it.
"I was stunned," said Jeannette Gregoire, 75, of Lewiston, Maine, who got a call from Kathy Bagen, the worker's wife. "How could this have survived?"
Richard Bagen of East Weymouth, Massachusetts, was tearing down a wall when the wallet fell out, his wife said.
There was no money in the wallet, but it contained Val's Navy identification, a copy of his birth certificate and more than a dozen photos. An Armed Forces Liberty Pass was dated "April 11, 1951," the same month and day Richard Bagen made his discovery.

Source: USAToday

Looks like honest people still exists

 

Hmm...
There was no money in the wallet, but it contained Val's Navy identification, a copy of his birth certificate and more than a dozen photos.

 

cool. family heirloom perhaps? haha.

 

Sometimes money is not the most important thing, especially after 56 years

 

Err did the original thief hide it in the wall? How could he have done it? o.o hmm..

 

y would you keep a story of u getting jacked as a family legend???..... family must not have many exciting events.....

 

^ maybe the 'legend' had more to it..

im pretty amazed at what he could contain in his wallet.. and the good condition they are still in..

 

It is almost like a time capsule

 

I was commenting on ur comment "Looks like honest people still exists"
Since there's no money in the wallet, I assume the person who found it would not hesitate to return it anyway. <_<

 

they probably just took it and thought bleh hell i need that stuff for

 

shit, they stole his pants too... wonder if he will ever get those back. honestly, who steals a pair of pants

 

56 years.. geesh. so long.. whats so important in there

 

wow, how do you think they found the owners after so long/

 

by mobile ?

 

hehehehehe

 

What is that evil laugh for?!?! And... double postin'!!!

 

Micliew81 is back in da game... -ann

 

lol back in the day pants were expensive and im sure he had on them nifty white sailor pants -sweat lol