California woman finds McDonald's bag on her property with Olympic gold medal inside

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: California woman finds McDonald's bag on her property with Olympic gold medal inside | Boing Boing

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[Surprise_Puma]

Happy Meal prizes have gotten better since I was a kid.

[awfulhorrid]

So it wasn’t the top tier prize for the new Olympic level geocaching event? Disappointment.

[shichae]

@Carla_Sinclair

and that’s when she discovered an Olympic gold medal in pristine condition — surrounded by wadded up burger wrappers and other trash.

[cannibalpeas]

@Carla_Sinclair

It’s still not clear how the gold medal… ended up at Carillo’s business

The robber probably found it nearly impossible to fence and threw it out in the least traceable way he could imagine. If he hadn’t already been caught it’s doubtful it could ever be linked to him unless he left the McDonald’s receipt in the bag or something.

[VeronicaConnor]

@cannibalpeas

The robber probably found it nearly impossible to fence and threw it out in the least traceable way he could imagine.

That was my thought as well. He may have even been smart enough to know there’s no way you could sell it because it’s so easy to know who it belongs to and that it is stolen. He may have ditched it immediately after the theft, or had a friend do it after he was arrested to lessen the charges.