April 16th 2023.
In 2021, residents in Frome, Somerset experienced a positive surprise when they received money and notes through their letter boxes from an unknown person. The kind gesture was met with joy by the householders, but to the dismay of many, the police tried to track down the man behind the act of kindness. ‘What a strange world we live in when people are afraid of someone doing something kind,’ one resident said.
Similarly, in the US, Colin Davis McCarthy, 38, threw $200,000 out of his car window on a busy highway in Oregon to ‘bless others with gifts of money’. As a result, people driving down Interstate 5 stopped their vehicles and jumped out to grab the $100 bills.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) People holding some of the $100 bills thrown by the man.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Drivers stopped by the side of the road to collect the money
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) The highway in Oregon where the money was thrown
Mr McCarthy, who wasn’t charged with any crime, told officers he was ‘doing well [financially] and wanted to bless others with gifts of money’. Officers had warned him he could have been charged with littering or creating a hazard on the highway, and he agreed to stop throwing the money.
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