$25,000 Stolen from Widow

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A farm working woman (65) in Chikusei, Ibaraki experienced a wacky, unlucky series of events. First, her husband died (that's not funny). In Japan, people give large gifts of money to the family of the deceased when attending funerals. This woman did what we'd all do: put the ¥2,500,000 (about $25,000) she received in a paper bag and put it in a coin locker at the funeral home when she attended her husband's funeral. Then she made a couple common mistakes (I think we've all had this experience).

1. She forgot to lock the locker.
2. She forgot that she'd put $25,000 in the locker.

It seems that the fact she'd placed the money in the locker on the morning of the 10th slipped her mind until the evening of the 15th. On the morning of the 16th she called the funeral home... and some monster had stolen the money! What an unlucky lady! What's next? Is she going to smell bad because she forgot not to smear rat droppings in her hair? Stay tuned!

Source: Yomiuri Online