Three college students in New York found $40,000 hidden in a couch they purchased at the Salvation Army for $20, according to Fox News.
The State University of New York at New Paltz roommates Reese Werkhoven, Callie Guasti, and Lara Russo made the discovery after trying to figure out why the couch was so uncomfortable to sit on.
"At first we found the money but there was no name or anything, and we're bugging out, like, what kind of boat are we going to get, where are we going," Werkhoven told WABC-TV.
The students found the cash stuffed in several envelopes hidden in the couch. While they were initially going to spend they money, they changed their minds after finding a deposit slip.
"Next door, they actually thought that we won the lottery. Our walls are really thin between our wall and their wall," Guasti said.
On the slip was the name of a 91-year-old woman who they learned hid her money because she didn't trust banks. According to Fox News, the woman's children donated the couch after she was hospitalized for a broken hip.
"It wasn't a debate, we immediately reached a consensus that this is her money," Werkhoven said.
After they tracked the unidentified woman down, she rewarded them with $1,000.
"That's one of the things she said, 'I feel like this is a gift from my husband, he's looking down on me and that's part of the reason you guys came here', which was so touching," Guasti said.
