A family in Caroline County, Virginia, was traveling in their car when they suddenly saw bags at the side of the road.
As good samaritans, they picked it up and put it at the back of the car of what they thought were bags of garbage left by another person.
Little did they know what was really inside those bags.
Emily Schantz shared their experience with local news that she was driving with her family when she noticed the car in front of them swerving around, trying to avoid an object in the road.
Their car hit the object, which turned out to be a bag.
The Schantz family, who were out for a Saturday afternoon drive, thought someone might have left trash on Broad Street.
They decided to put the bag, and another found 15 feet away, in the pick-up trunk.
They were driving for hours with money in the trunk!
They did not know that inside the bags was money worth almost one million dollars!
And they were casually driving around town carrying that bag of cash.
“Inside of the bag, there were plastic baggies and they were addressed with something that said ‘cash vault,’” Schantz said.
Caroline deputies were called right away.
The family called the deputies’ office to report what they found.
“They came back to Caroline, and found out they’d been riding around with almost a million dollars in the truck,” said Maj. Scott Moser.
Deputies believed that these bags full of money belonged to the U.S. Postal Service and that these had been intended for a bank.
Though they are still unsure how and why the bags ended up on the road.
The Schantz family became Caroline County’s pride.
Nevertheless, Moser commended the Schantz family for their honesty.
He also visited the family as a courtesy for what they did.
“For someone so honest and willing to give that almost a million dollars back, it’s exceptional on their part,” said Moser. “Their two sons were there, so I put the lights on for them, but we are proud and they represented this county well by being so honest.”
For some, it may have been a miracle, a chance to start over.
But it is not the case for this family.
A kind gesture that will be part of their community’s history.
Schantz said it was never in her mind to keep the money as it was not hers to begin with.
“Do the right thing and return it,” she said in the interview. “Because it didn’t belong to us,” she added.
Good manners and right conduct.
You can tell that the Schantz family moral values are rock solid and revolve in integrity.
Their sons were also present when the incident happened, and an instant lesson was taught by their parents that day.
This experience will forever be in their minds and hearts as they grow old.
It was also a great example to the people that being honest goes a long way.
And eventually will attract good things to those who are doing the right thing.
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