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Man Buys Used Dresser at a Yard Sale, Hears A Noise And Finds A Hidden Compartment With Treasure –

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Yard sales are always a favorite stop for bargain hunters. There’s no telling what priceless gem you might find yourself stumbling upon for a relatively small price. One man learned how very true this can be in the most extreme of ways. He might have been out for a bargain, but he certainly got more than he bargained for.

Emil Noell from Texas had no idea when he went on a routine trip to a yard sale that he was going to unearth a momentous find that would see him hit the headlines for more reasons than one. But before we start, smash the like button and make sure to subscribe if you haven’t, and hit that notification bell so that you won’t miss any new stories…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Noell loves yard sales and attends them regularly. As well as the possibility of finding some valuable or priceless antiques, it’s always a great opportunity to rummage through pieces of history and learn something about the owners and the time they lived in. But Noell was simply not prepared for what he would learn that day in Missouri City. What started out as a routine trip to an estate sale turned out to be a day he would never forget.

One particular item that caught Noell’s eye was a beautiful wooden dresser with a marble top and three ornate drawers underneath. Noell thought that it would look just perfect in his dining room. He decided to go over and have a closer look. As Noell went for a closer look at the dresser, the seller informed him that it had been on display now for three days with no buyers.

For that reason, the price had been reduced from $300 to under $100, and they were keen to shift it. Noell continued to admire the dresser. He learned that it had been the property of the man who owned the estate, who had just passed away. It was beautiful, perfect for what he needed, and at a bargain price. He agreed to the price with the seller and completed the purchase. Noell couldn’t wait to get it home and move it into pride of place in his dining room.

Little did he know that the dresser would not even make it home before an amazing discovery was unearthed. This seemingly simple chest of drawers held an incredible secret within its wooden panels. As Noell began to move the dresser towards his truck, he realized it was too heavy for him to move on his own, so he asked one of the workers from the estate sale company to help him heave it from the yard and towards his vehicle. Jeff Allen, an employee of Premier Estate Sales Network, didn’t hesitate to give Noell a hand. He gathered some of his colleagues, and together they all began moving the dresser carefully and slowly towards the truck.

Suddenly, as they lifted the dresser and began to move it, a loud and mysterious crashing sound was heard coming from inside the chest. The men looked at each other in surprise; they had all thought that the dresser was empty. Mystified, everyone quickly set about trying to find what might be inside the dresser. Noell and the men began opening the three beautiful wooden drawers and looking inside each of them.

The drawers were very large and deep, so it was possible something was inside one of them that hadn’t been spotted before. They even checked the insides of each of them a second time, but with no luck. Where on Earth could this mysterious sound be coming from, and what could it mean?

The rest of the customers at the yard sale had no idea of the mystery that was unfolding just a few feet away from them, as the rest of the estate sale carried on as normal. Noell and the men from Premier Estate Sales Network continued their mission to find the source of the noise and solve the mystery.

Yard sales can be an incredible place to find amazing bargains and historical artifacts, and sometimes people can throw away old items from their family collections, not realizing that what they are discarding is actually incredibly valuable. Sometimes even the company in charge of the sales can fail to realize the true value of these items as well, meaning that savvy customers such as Noell can dig out incredible bargains for themselves at very small prices.

However, Premier Estates are known for being very experienced at these sorts of sales, and it was very unlikely for an item of value to escape their notice. Noell knew that it was unlikely that the chest of drawers had a hidden compartment or contained something the company would not be aware of, as they were such experienced sellers in this field and always checked all of their items very carefully. However, the fact remained that this mysterious noise was reverberating from deep inside this cabinet, and no one—not Noell, Allen, or the other men—could work out where it was coming from and what it meant.

Having checked the insides of all of the drawers several times, the men had to conclude that whatever was making the noise was coming from somewhere else within the dresser. But where could it be? None of them could see any evidence of another compartment in the cabinet or signs of where else it could be opened. The odd crashing sound continued to be heard whenever the dresser was lifted up and moved, but this mystery looked like one that was never going to be able to be solved. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

What began as an innocent purchase of a beautiful but not-so-out-of-the-ordinary cabinet was about to turn into a moment that none of them would ever forget. Noell, Allen, and the rest of the men eventually laid the chest of drawers onto its back. Looking at the dresser from a different angle, they were astonished by what they had not noticed before but suddenly was very clear. They realized that as well as the three drawers that were visible from the front, there was another smaller drawer slotted in underneath them. It was when they reached down and opened this drawer that they discovered the source of the noise, and they really weren’t prepared for what they found.

Inside the drawer was an incredible collection of items and keepsakes from the previous owners, some dating back as far as the Civil War. Noell and the men discovered things such as military medals and dog tags and even a perfectly preserved lock of hair. The secret drawer also contained a huge collection of jewels and money in various currencies.

Noell couldn’t believe his eyes. He had been perfectly pleased with his purchase of the dresser and didn’t realize he had actually stumbled upon a piece of history. The dresser had previously been estimated as being made around 1890, but with the discovery of items dating back to the Civil War, it was thought that the cabinet could, in fact, be even older.

This would mean that it was definitely far more valuable than the $100 Noell bought it for, and even than the $300 it was originally on sale for. In addition to this, it was estimated that the total value of all the hidden items in the secret drawer could come to more than $15,000. Everyone was astonished by what was inside the secret drawer and what this meant for the value of Noell’s purchase. What had started out as a very run-of-the-mill sale had now suddenly turned into a historic discovery that would see Noell and Premier Estates all over the news.

Noell was completely shocked by this discovery. He had paid $100 for a beautiful yet modest chest of drawers, and now he had found items within it worth over $15,000 on their own and also increasing the price of the dresser itself. Many other people who had made such a purchase and subsequent impressive find would be very pleased with themselves and head home happily with their unexpected riches. However, Noell was not like most other people, and his response to this discovery surprised everyone.

Though many other people might have felt tempted to keep the items or even think they have the right to, for Noell it was never even a question of what to do with it. “I bought the chest of drawers; I didn’t buy those things,” said Noell of his decision. “If I kept them, I would never feel right about it. There would be a cloud over the whole thing. It’s a feeling more than anything else.” Fortunately, Allen was in full agreement with Noell over his decision.

I’m an old ex-Marine, and I try to do the right thing,” said Noell of his decision to return the items to their rightful owner. He also said that Allen had the same immediate reaction and fully agreed with Noell’s decision to hand over the discovered items. “With Jeff, also the man in charge, his immediate reaction was ‘Let’s call the owner.’ There was never a question of anyone keeping it. It was ‘This is fantastic, let’s call the owner and get the stuff back to them,’” Noell revealed.

Noell and Allen immediately returned the dresser and the items to the original owner. The previous owner had passed away and left all of his estate to his next of kin, who had organized the estate sale. He was astonished that Noell had elected to return these items instead of keeping them for himself and was incredibly pleased and touched. The original owner of the dresser was incredibly touched and appreciative that Noell decided to reveal his discovery and return the previously hidden items to him. As well as being incredibly valuable, these items held great sentimental value as they were part of his family’s history.

The story of Noell’s discovery and his selfless reaction inspired everyone who heard about it. Noell and Allen hit the headlines for what they had found in that seemingly unassuming chest of drawers and for their equally humble reaction. Not only did Emil Noell make an amazing discovery that day, but he also amazed everyone else a second time with his honest and admirable response to it. Noell’s story can be an inspiration to all of us in more ways than one.

Emil Noell from Texas is a 67-year-old retired director of marketing and also a US veteran. In his spare time, he loves attending yard sales and antique shows and is always on the lookout for a bargain and rare finds. His attitude is that you never know what treasure might be hidden among the

things that other people throw out. He just loves sifting through secondhand items, looking for those hidden gems. But he could never have anticipated what he was about to find at this particular sale. The estate sale in Missouri City, Texas, was run by a company called Premier Estate Sales Network. Noell knew that this company was very experienced in running these sales and that they were very knowledgeable about what they were selling, so it was quite unlikely that they would not have noticed if anything there was particularly valuable. However, he went along anyway, as you never know what priceless antique you might stumble upon and take home for a tiny price.

 

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Woman mourned the death of her husband at his funeral ‘only to find him at her doorstep 4 days later’!

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The unfortunate woman, Victoria, told local news outlets that she ended the year with a tragedy. During a visit to the local hospital, she was told by hospital staff that her husband, Julio, passed away from c0ronavirus.

She reportedly identified the body that she was shown in the hospital morgue, after which the medical staff released the corpse to the grieving wife.

Making arrangements to pay the last respects to her husband, Victoria, arranged to have Julio’s body be taken 30 miles away from the hospital to her village in Honduras.

She then spent one entire night surrounded by distressed relatives as they had an all-night wake before his final burial the next day…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

On the day of the funeral, Julio’s children saw the open coffin and found something amiss. They took a look at the body and wondered whether it was really that of their father’s.

But despite their doubts, the relatives reportedly went ahead with the ceremony and the man was laid to rest in a funeral that Victoria spent more than $430.

In the days that followed, Victoria continued grieving for her husband until, out of nowhere, she saw Julio himself arrive back at their house on the fourth day since the funeral was held.

“That wasn’t my husband who died, because I have my husband here now. I recognised him,” the wife said, as quoted by the Daily Mail.

It was only after her husband returned home that Victoria discovered he had been missing for a few days because he went for a walk and fell over at a spot in the neighboring municipality.

Unable to get up, the man spent several days there, surviving without anything to drink or eat. He was later found injured in a field before his return home. Although her husband was back, it also meant that she buried a complete stranger in her village and her family has no idea who they were grieving for. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

“I would like them to give me back some of what I spent, because they gave me the body of someone I don’t know,” Victoria shared.

“The authorities at the morgue should have properly examined him to see if it was really him.”

But on the other hand, the hospital said that the wife was to blame for misidentifying the man as her husband. They confirmed that the man arrived with Covid-19, and because of his serious condition, he didn’t survive in the hospital for more than a few hours.

The hospital staff had a look at the picture Victoria was carrying of her husband, and they found him to resemble the body of the man in the morgue. In addition to this, Victoria herself recognized the body at the time as that of her husband’s.

The hospital director reportedly said, “The logical thing was to bring the body back so we could investigate.

But later the relatives called back and said he was the right person after all and they were going to bury him.

We have everything documented. We even have an apology from one of the children, if this becomes a lawsuit.”

 

 

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A Girl Rushed Out Of McDonald’s Bathroom Crying, Then Her Mom Saw Something Wrong On Her Legs

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The restaurant was packed with hungry customers busy eating at their tables when the customers’ attention shifted to a four-year-old girl named Kayla running towards her mom. Kayla’s face was filled with tears, and she was hysterically crying when she reached her mom’s arm. While Kayla’s mom, Nicole, was comforting her daughter, she asked her daughter what was wrong. Kayla was still crying and couldn’t speak; she continued sobbing like she was in deep pain. That was when Nicole started scanning her daughter’s body and saw what was wrong.

There was something on Kayla’s leg. Hello, wonderful people! I’m Jamie Buck from Wonderbot, and here is a story about a girl who rushed out of a McDonald’s bathroom crying. Then her mom saw something wrong on her legs. Before we begin, make sure you smash the like button, subscribe to our channel, and click the notification bell for more amazing videos…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

It was during New Year’s Day when Nicole and her daughter Kayla decided to spend their day at the park and buy some food at McDonald’s. It was Kayla’s favorite fast food. The two were so excited to spend time together and bond at the park. While Nicole was closing their front door, she turned to Kayla and asked her if she was ready to have fun. Kayla nodded her head with excitement, having no idea what was about to come to them.

When Nicole and Kayla arrived at the park, the piercing sun was shimmering down on them. It was a perfect bright day to spend at the park. Kayla immediately ran towards the roundabout and asked her mom to spin her. You could hear Kayla’s giggle throughout the playground while her mom was spinning her. Nicole’s phone started ringing, and she turned around to answer the call while Kayla got off the roundabout to go to the slides.

While Nicole was busy talking on her phone, she suddenly heard a scream. Nicole quickly ended her call when she realized it was Kayla. The moment Nicole got off the phone, she turned around to find Kayla had fallen from the slide and scratched her head. She was so worried about what had happened and continued comforting her daughter while she was sobbing. After a while, when Kayla had finally calmed down, she asked her mom if she could get food already.

Nicole immediately stood up and told her daughter, “Yes, of course, dear.” The two left the park and drove off to the nearest McDonald’s, which was about 10 minutes away from where they were. Little did Nicole know that it would have been better if they just ate somewhere else. When Nicole and Kayla arrived at McDonald’s and walked into the restaurant, they noticed that the place was filled with people. Nicole’s attention was caught by a group of teenagers that were seated in the corner of the restaurant.

The group was listening to music while sipping on their soda. Two of the teenagers suddenly turned their look at Nicole and her daughter and sniggered. What could those two be thinking? It was mentioned earlier the restaurant was packed, so it’s no surprise that the line was long too. After what seemed like forever standing in line, it was finally Nicole’s turn to order.

While she was ordering their food, she asked Kayla to sit at the table in the corner and wait there while she was ordering food. Kayla politely followed her mom’s instructions and sat at the table while watching a video on YouTube on her mom’s phone. But then suddenly, a scream was heard throughout the restaurant. A scream came from the teenager that was sitting in the corner of the restaurant. The group started a fight and were yelling at each other.

Nicole immediately walked over to Kayla and comforted her, trying to drive her attention away from the battle by making her watch YouTube videos. Staff from the restaurant quickly went to the group to break up the fight and kick them out of the place. While the group was kicked out, two teenage girls from the circle were still sitting at the table. It was finally time to eat. The smell of burgers and fries lingered in the air as Nicole and Kayla started digging into their well-deserved lunch.

Kayla was eating a Happy Meal while Nicole was eating her chicken burger and some fries. In the middle of their mealtime, Kayla suddenly looked at her mom with a stern but innocent look. “Mommy, I need to use the toilet,” Kayla whispered as she finished the last bite of her cheeseburger. Kayla wiped her hands and got up to go to the toilet. When she walked over, she noticed the lock was shut.

There must be someone in there, she thought. She looked back at her mom, who smiled at her. Suddenly, she heard something. It was coming from inside the toilet. Giggles and laughs could be heard while Kayla was patiently waiting outside the toilet. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

After a couple of minutes remaining, the door opened, and the two teenage girls from earlier went out of the bathroom together with a smirk on their faces. Nicole was intimidated by the girls as she watched them walk past Kayla. Nicole then signaled her daughter to enter the toilet and assured Kayla that she’ll stay outside and wait for her. While Nicole was patiently waiting for Kayla at her table, she heard a scream coming from the toilet. “Mom!

Kayla screamed while running out of the bathroom with tears streaming down her face. Nicole immediately stood up from her seat, not minding her bag that fell onto the floor. As a mother, one thing that you never want to hear is the sound of your kid screaming. Kayla ran into her mom’s arms, sobbing. In the toilet, she says, Nicole immediately went to the toilet to check what was wrong.

She scanned the whole room and thought there was nothing wrong there, so she continued studying to see what could be the reason behind her daughter’s outburst. She saw that there were a few toilet paper rolls rolled out on the floor, and the faucet was dripping. Nicole checked the toilet seat, and that is when she figured the reason for her child’s outburst. When she went to the toilet seat, she noticed that it looked like the chair was covered with a white sticky substance. But as Nicole got closer to inspect, she realized that it was glue.

The toilet seat was smothered with super glue. She then realized that someone did this on purpose. Nicole stormed out of the toilet while her heart was pounding and yelled to call the manager and all employees in the restaurant. Nicole went over to her daughter, who was still crying and yelling in pain. She checked on Kayla to see what was wrong and saw that her daughter’s skin was peeled off at the back of her legs.

While Kayla was still crying in her mother’s arms, Kayla was terrified of what happened, and her mother was furious. Nicole yelled out for help in the crowd while stopping her tears from falling out of her eyes. Joanna, the assistant manager at McDonald’s, thought that she had seen it all, from small fights over a Big Mac to a drunk customer and misbehaving teens. She was trained and was already used to handling heated situations. She knew what to do to solve problems, but in her 15 years in the industry, it was the first time to see and experience something like this.

She had never seen anything like this. The moment Nicole asked for help, Joanna and her co-employees all gathered around Kayla and provided medical assistance. The staff helped in cleaning the wound and bandaging her up while Kayla was crying in her mom’s chest. After that, Nicole decided to go to the nearest hospital, so she called a family member to come and get them. But the assistance that was given to them was not enough for Nicole.

She knew that there was something that she needed to do. Nicole took the matter to her social media account and shared on her personal Facebook what happened, hoping that this would bring the pranksters to justice. On her post, Nicole wrote, “To the two young blonde girls that thought it would be hilarious to put super glue on the disabled and baby changing toilet in McDonald’s, I just want you to know that I still have to console my four-year-old daughter who was unfortunate enough to use the toilet after your little prank. She is hoping that the two teenage girls who played the prank on her daughter would be found and punished. Kayla is just an innocent little girl and does not deserve all of this.

After some investigations, the two teenage girls were finally found and were interviewed by the police officers. The two girls immediately admitted what they did and sincerely apologized to Nicole and Kayla. The two girls said they were regretting what they did and that it was a prank gone wrong. But was the apology enough for Nicole and daughter Kayla? Imagine Kayla, a four-year-old who would have to live her life with this terrible memory marked in her mind.

After hearing that the police had taken appropriate action against the two teenage girls, Nicole felt relieved. It’s been weeks since the incident happened, and the things that happened that day are still fresh in her mind. She watches as her daughter peacefully plays with her dolls. Some justice finally, she thought to herself. She takes a sip of her cup of coffee before smiling to herself and watching her brave daughter playing.

Such a story right? This story just proves to show that pranks can be a fun way to trick your friends, but it can result in a bad scenario. Hopefully, Nicole and Kayla’s experience will remind those people who love doing pranks and tricks on their friends to think twice about the people they would upset all for the sake of a laugh. So next time you want to play a prank on someone, make sure to think about it first and that no one will get hurt.

 

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The bus driver picked up the children early in the morning as usual, and the parents found out they were not at school

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Black ice (a thin layer of new ice on a road) is dangerous. If you have ever tried to walk or ride it then you know.

This is why the parents of Shelby County were not surprised when they were informed that school would start late because they had to wait for the ice on the road to melt.

Unfortunately, bus driver Wayne Price did not receive the message on time. He had already collected all the children, and knew that returning them to their homes
would only increase the chance of an accident. So instead, he did something completely different…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Instead of parking the bus and letting the kids play on the smartphone for two hours, he knew he needed to do something to keep them busy.

His actions may not have been according to the book, but they also did not surprise elementary school principals in Montevallo, Alabama.

Understand, they know Wayne. They know he is capable of doing such a ‘trick’.

But the children did not know what to expect. When they stopped at a local McDonald’s branch they must have wondered if Wayne had lost it. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Turns out he just wanted to buy all the kids breakfast, and paid for everyone’s breakfast instead of the breakfast they were supposed to eat at school.

To put things in perspective, there were between 40 and 50 kids on Wayne’s bus, so you can imagine how much the bill came out. School principals responded to the
gesture on Facebook and wrote: “Mr. Price, one of our bus drivers, really demonstrated the holiday spirit! On Tuesday, when school started late because of ice on the
road and we could not serve breakfast, he bought breakfast at McDonalds for all the kids who were on the bus! What a wonderful gesture that the students will
remember forever!”

After hearing every good deed of the bus driver, people from all over the world flooded Wayne with messages of support and encouragement.

What a beautiful thing to do, and what a wonderful way to do above and beyond for kids who he so obviously care about!

If you think Wayne Price’s deed is commendable, share the article with your friends and family!

 

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