Whaaaaaaaaaat??
Maine woman's class ring, lost 47 years ago, shows up in forest in Finland
How in the world??
Debra McKenna, 63, lost the class ring in Portland, Maine, when she was a student at Morse High School, reported the Bangor Daily News and WGME-TV in Portland.
McKenna told the Daily News she took it off in a department store while washing her hands in the bathroom and forgot to put it back on. By the time she returned for the ring, it was gone.
She had all but forgotten about the ring until a chance encounter nearly 4,000 miles away in January.
A Finnish sheet metal worker named Marko Saarinen stumbled upon the ring while scouring a forest with a metal detector. He told USA TODAY he spends about two hours a week metal detecting, but he has never been able to return something of value to anyone.
Full story here:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/17/maine-womans-class-ring-found-finland-forest-47-years-later/4783801002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/17/maine-womans-class-ring-found-finland-forest-47-years-later/4783801002/
Wouldn't you love to know that ring's story over the last 47 years?
Did it get pawned? How many times?
Was it every on the verge of being melted down?
How did it make it across the ocean?
Who took it into the forest? And why did they leave it there?
Such a fascinating story.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt