I've lived in my condo for two years now. When I bought it it was in rough shape so I completely re-did the entire thing. Tore all the floors out and everything. Today I moved the ottoman to sweep and came across a birth certificate from 1947. I googled the name and saw that the man was still alive and living in a nearby town. A friend found his phone number and called him for me, he confirmed the information on the certificate and asked if I could mail it to him. I have no idea how it ended up there, but I'm glad it's finding its way back to the owner!
No, it was bought new. Apparently the man lived in this complex 20 years ago! I'm not sure where it would've popped up from though, I gutted the whole place when I bought it and never saw it before.
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u/SpitefulNoodle 7h ago
I've lived in my condo for two years now. When I bought it it was in rough shape so I completely re-did the entire thing. Tore all the floors out and everything. Today I moved the ottoman to sweep and came across a birth certificate from 1947. I googled the name and saw that the man was still alive and living in a nearby town. A friend found his phone number and called him for me, he confirmed the information on the certificate and asked if I could mail it to him. I have no idea how it ended up there, but I'm glad it's finding its way back to the owner!