Here comes his family who never cared for him! I hope the 70k goes to charity.
@chriscamgemi368
4 ай бұрын
Unless u KNOW the FACTS Maybe u should keep your mouth shut
@karenmbbaxter
4 ай бұрын
@@chriscamgemi368 Maybe you are just an angry extended family member who wants the money
@kirejipubgm191
4 ай бұрын
That’s something a close family member will say 🤨
@tvviewer4500
4 ай бұрын
It will go to taxes
@KirkLee1983
4 ай бұрын
I don't it'll goto illegals
@justdoingitjim7095
4 ай бұрын
Why did someone think it was a good idea to call the media about this? Now every poor person riding a bicycle will be mugged for their belongings!
@paulettebarrow9791
4 ай бұрын
@just , I agree with you
@txbased1752
4 ай бұрын
I think that problem is a lot deeper than the news report on it. We need woke district attorneys held liable for criminals being caught but then released..
@valoredramack9117
4 ай бұрын
@@txbased1752 We need people like you to stop referring to everything you dislike as "woke", that word doesn't mean anything.
@user-tt2oh2bv8c
4 ай бұрын
reminds me of the story of a man that decided he had enough of society. he built his own house and lived alone for years, people discovered him and began to put him on the news, he was later assaulted by a group thinking he had made some cash off the advertisement. sad.
@ghostfaceluis
4 ай бұрын
@@KamDashcamcalm down he never said mr babit was the criminal, he said the criminals who may target people like Mr Babit would not see it as a viable money making strategy if they weren’t released so easily
@zyourzgrandzmaz
4 ай бұрын
Dude was a true adventurer, died at max level and didn't want his loot to go to waste
@zakkyp8849
3 ай бұрын
may the nightwatchman rest ever peacefully
@GLavv-xx5ud
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@meatbleed
3 ай бұрын
jesus christ
@marioalberto34844
3 ай бұрын
We All Gamers Feel that
@kobisjeruk
3 ай бұрын
I'd say that is a huge waste. If he has children of his own, they might benefit from it but doesnt seem like it. He still has family/relatives but they cant be that close if he was in the situation he was in prior to death. All that money wont follow you to your grave. They said he had mental problems so who knows what goes in his head. The only explanation that I can think of (assuming he is sane enough) is that he is perfectly happy living the way he did. Holding onto that money (at all time wrapped in rubber bands in a bag) makes him happier than spending it.
@vanillasmerk5742
4 ай бұрын
I gave that guy my last $5 bucks and he had 70raks on him the whole time. Go figure.
@d3ro876
4 ай бұрын
LOL
@nicotoscani1707
3 ай бұрын
u got owned
@Fat12219
3 ай бұрын
😮
@Speakupok
3 ай бұрын
Liar
@user-zr2sg6cm7m
3 ай бұрын
You're the one that I ask for five dollars and you told me you're broke and you collect welfare
@Rwhite1974
4 ай бұрын
Now his family is concerned
@leedaniels7196
4 ай бұрын
Exactly 🤨
@acgillespie
4 ай бұрын
he has to be my long lost daddy. he just has to be. i'm going shopping on it
@chriscamgemi368
4 ай бұрын
Unless you know the Facts ,maybe you should keep your mouth shut
@karenmbbaxter
4 ай бұрын
@@chriscamgemi368 you said this on another comment.......me thinks you are an extended family member who wants the $$$$.
@kirejipubgm191
4 ай бұрын
I just saw you both in another comment in this exact same order. Wow, now I’m starting to believe he may be a close family member… 😲
@justtubing767
4 ай бұрын
I like how they put the backpack on an easel.
@HumanBeanbag
4 ай бұрын
A lot of towns have a guy like this.
@curlyhairdudeify
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, and alot of them end up with a court imposed vulture that is just waiting for them to kick the bucket, and collext theur money and sell their belongings.
@kidrobot.
4 ай бұрын
except without the money
@bobbyray7558
4 ай бұрын
@@curlyhairdudeifyClearly *they* don't know what to do with the money, so...
@eziahjohnson167
4 ай бұрын
Not true most people are poor and have nothing.
@jorgevalenzuela8584
4 ай бұрын
I was told about somebody that is illegal in this country and works remodeling homes that he carries a backpack full of cash wherever he goes.
@kaycampbell8532
4 ай бұрын
Every town has eccentric people. Years ago there was an older lady who went through the trash and dumpsters all over our town. She dressed kind of shabby but wore a lot of jewelry. I was concerned for her safety because of her jewelry. As far as I know, nobody ever bothered her. She was always friendly and said hello. I was surprised to learn after her death, she was actually a millionaire. She left all her money to a local private school. I don't know why she lived that way but maybe it brought her happiness.
@JupiterRadio
4 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Madame Bijou. Very interesting stories.
@TESLA-fc6wm
4 ай бұрын
Like the lady on youtube as preper princess,,
@puciato7540
4 ай бұрын
I saw things like this a lot while volunteering in soup kitchens all over the country. Once a homeless guy opened his bag and showed me wads of cash. He said it was 5000 dollars. He slept under an overpass.
@HipHopTheme
4 ай бұрын
What the hell… that is a crazy story
@MrAgmoore
3 ай бұрын
Sounds like dementia / Alzheimers.
@applejacks8160
4 ай бұрын
I grew up in Haverhill and saw this guy all the time. He used to ride through my neighborhood and pick the crab apples from our back yard… seriously, not even sure why I’d lie about that… Anyways, he was quiet and kept to himself. RIP Dennis. I really hope they are able to preserve his bike.
@JoeRogansForehead
4 ай бұрын
We all know your in haverhill to pick up fetty. Why else would you go there or Lawrence or methuen lol
@karenmbbaxter
4 ай бұрын
Because the Legion group provided him with a home I think they deserve then money....They could set up the little unit he lived in with accom for any other homeless man who needs a place to stay and name the place in honor of this guy.
@stephaniejames4940
4 ай бұрын
Not many know about crab apples. We had a tree in our backyard. Could never wait until they were ripe. Lol
@345mrse
4 ай бұрын
I believe you. But then I believe everyone.
@elizabethsol504
4 ай бұрын
@karenmbbaxter that would be worth petitioning for. His family may have wanted to help but his family became those kind souls at the American legion.
@richierich2534
4 ай бұрын
These are good honest people who genuinely cared for this man unfortunately most people today would have took the money there still good people out there
@coffeegator6033
4 ай бұрын
It's nice that she helped him with his last request like that. There are a lot of people who would have tried taking the money.
@DuoMaxwell007
4 ай бұрын
What last request? All he said was put it in a safe. He didn't know he was gonna die he thought he was gonna get it back after he got out of the hospital. So as far as I'm concerned whatever she choose to do with it AFTER he died is her business
@coffeegator6033
4 ай бұрын
Who said he knew it was his last request? Regardless, it still qualifies and my comment hasn't changed.@@DuoMaxwell007
@MyStupidYoutubeHandle
4 ай бұрын
@@DuoMaxwell007a decent human being would try to find family or a wish along those lines.
@DuoMaxwell007
4 ай бұрын
@MyStupidKZitemHandle if he wanted them to have it they'd have been the ones entrusting with the backpack to begin with. The way I see it if he was around me more than his family AND entrusted it to me, never told me to give it to anyone specific then I'd say if something happened to him he mustve wanted me to have it.
@AllenMichael-pl6ps
4 ай бұрын
YEAH, THE GOVERNMENT.
@KeebasWorld
4 ай бұрын
Imagine dying and then having your financial information discussed on the news. Horrible. We didn’t need to know the exact amount. I hope this doesn’t put other people who are in similar situations in jeopardy. RIP.❤
@galaxiax3284
4 ай бұрын
I wanted to hear now go back to your basement
@kidrobot.
4 ай бұрын
does it really matter? he passed away, he wouldn't know
@OregonCrow
4 ай бұрын
Imagine Imagining.
@grt1769
4 ай бұрын
If you feel a need to keep that much money in a freaking backpack, people are gonna talk lol.
@javiercruz6052
4 ай бұрын
The headline says 70 thousand yet the news says 69 thousand
@Fullmetal1291985
4 ай бұрын
It was probably the only way he could save money without getting fined by the VA Social security or the food stamp office seeing how anything over $2000 gets you a deduction in all 3 😅
@Zzz2x
4 ай бұрын
Yup. He was living this way because it’s more free.. I’m sure he did get assistance.. and yes having money will diminish that, even if you needed it.
@BabyJesus66
3 ай бұрын
What's the point of saving money if you're freeloading off other ppl and have no possessions or bills? Guy was wack
@AC3handle
4 ай бұрын
that 70k probably took a long time to accumulate.
@Flosseveryday
4 ай бұрын
Nooooo shiiiiit
@MrFlash546
4 ай бұрын
Either very long or very little lol
@BabyJesus66
3 ай бұрын
Not really when he was freeloading off everyone else
@AC3handle
3 ай бұрын
@@BabyJesus66 how is collecting cans that people don't want 'freeloading'?
@dtreezy
3 ай бұрын
@@AC3handle google free loading
@SHZY504
4 ай бұрын
so the dude had $70k and didnt offer any of it to the people who gave him a home? what exactly is so heartwarming about this lmao
@sirphew4941
3 ай бұрын
He’s an asshole plain and simple
@delconagher12
3 ай бұрын
He didn't think he was going to die.
@cristiangaban960
3 ай бұрын
@@delconagher12 They should make you the new Pope, your morals are just as high.
@javennabellingerlearnsomething
3 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly!!!🤔
@tannerhuxtable6118
3 ай бұрын
If he lived for 10 more years, that's $7,000 to live on a year. Is he not poor enough? Also, he wasn't there for free. He was allowed to perform a service given his proven character. You can't just let any homeless meth head into a position of trust.
@13thJurorVote
4 ай бұрын
Imagine the $ we could all have if we didn’t pay rent.
@mor9n243
4 ай бұрын
Or taxes
@sereneanna4040
4 ай бұрын
😅and maybe sleep on the streert
@lexicat6177
4 ай бұрын
Then you have to give up ALL your stuff!! Think hard on that one. Not an easy life.
@13thJurorVote
4 ай бұрын
Yep sounds like he played on peoples sympathy so he could roll up thousands of hundreds of dollars. Maybe mental illness or greed
@markae0
4 ай бұрын
@@13thJurorVote What is "mental illness"? Is it a disease he caught? Or his choice to make a bad/good decision? "Greed" oh no! you can't say he was a sinner. That is not allowed today.
@NoPodcastsHere
4 ай бұрын
I choose to believe that the amount was in fact exactly $69,420. Nice one Dennis...
@beetlebob4675
4 ай бұрын
She said 450, but the 69 is good enough😂
@j.h.hahnes8849
4 ай бұрын
I just about thought the same thing. I consider it as 69,420 + 30. Nice
@zubinkynto
4 ай бұрын
They clearly miscounted
@kingti85
4 ай бұрын
nice, nice
@c.f.7408
4 ай бұрын
There is a gentleman in my town who has a tiny tiny area on the outskirts that he farms and the city just lets him do it he is not ever causing trouble he just lives out there and comes into town collecting cans and scrap. He has plenty of cash in the bank to be able to live more traditionally but chooses not to. Some people just want a simpler existence
@larry_ellison
4 ай бұрын
He also had zero tax liability. Legally. Extremely admirable
@GnosticElohim
3 ай бұрын
He probably doesn't want the city and government stealing his money. If he claims ownership on anything that gives them reason to extort him for his money or just take it all. Its called "taxation" and it's highly imoral, Illegal and theft!
@VVV953
4 ай бұрын
Probably just didn't want the IRS to tax him, now the government's going to want to tax that money now
@axigon6904
4 ай бұрын
Thats not it. More than likey that cash comes from his disability payments. Which is not taxed. Hes just been saving it. As a vet my self and working at the VA. Alot of homeless vets carry thier cash with them. They just dont trust banks.
@traybern
4 ай бұрын
@@axigon6904THOSE are World War ONE veterans!
@traybern
4 ай бұрын
ZERO taxes will be owed on an inheritance of just $70,000!!!!!
@bmiltonb
4 ай бұрын
I lived in Haverhill and saw this man riding his bicycle around town all the time. Actually spoke to him a couple of times, he was always very polite and friendly. You just never know!
@morwickchesterham3875
4 ай бұрын
Funny how everyone seems to know someone when they become famous
@oldironsides4107
4 ай бұрын
What a weird lie. I’m sure you just talked to some bike riding bum a couple times. He looks like a million bums
@BabyJesus66
3 ай бұрын
Shoulda stole his backpack
@Wombusistaken
3 ай бұрын
@@morwickchesterham3875it’s almost like it went viral..
@TheCutiePatrol
3 ай бұрын
Next time you know to snatch the bag just in case lol
@drehardin
4 ай бұрын
He had true freedom. Wasn't attached to materials. Please support your local VFW/Legion/DAV
@TheTonialadd
4 ай бұрын
He hoarded his money and got a free ride from the veterans club.
@lexicat6177
4 ай бұрын
He didn't value material things. Rare, I'm curious about anything he did keep. Very simple life. Rare person.
@Namen59
4 ай бұрын
Was he a vet??
@poolmonkey
4 ай бұрын
"Freedom is just another word for when you have nothing left to lose." --Janis Joplin
@hihihihi3806
4 ай бұрын
@@TheTonialadd And what is wrong with that?
@richardmullins2850
4 ай бұрын
RIP Mr Babbitt and a special Thanks to the Haverhill American Legion for your kindness
@BarneeFife
4 ай бұрын
The family let him go at life alone, on the streets, but I bet they will rush to gain possession of his backpack…
@oldironsides4107
4 ай бұрын
He’s an adult man. He chose that. What are you talking about?
@PInk77W1
4 ай бұрын
They had a case like that in my small town of 4000. We had this old man in a Toyota Corolla. He drove up and down the Main Street all day. I thought it was weird. I saw him in the local mini mart saying hi to people, so I guess he was well known. We had a deep freeze coke thru town for 3 days and he froze to death. Cops said he had $150k in cash In his car.
@traybern
4 ай бұрын
REALLY cold SODA, huh??? Should have had Pepsi, it doesn’t freeze so easily!!!
@oldironsides4107
4 ай бұрын
That is just an old wives tale.
@gpslightlock1422
4 ай бұрын
In my neighborhood we always take care of the elders when they need roofing or other repairs on their old homes. One lady in her mid 90's asked a neighbor to disconnect the power to her water heater because the electric bill was soaring to over $30!. A few years later she died and left $1.4MM to the humane society.
@sarabrant723
4 ай бұрын
There was a guy in Niagara falls ny about 15years ago he passed away and they found close to 1million in his home. Collected cans. Very heart warming. Don't ever judge a book by the cover. He may have lived a frugal life but he had more money stashed away then most people. This man seems the same he lived a frugal life but was happy!
@AegisAuras
4 ай бұрын
Perhaps part of the challenge such people set before themselves is the act of denying the desire to use the money. It would be an extremely rare and interesting idealistic path to explore.
@worlore1651
3 ай бұрын
@AegisAuras more likely a product of the great depression, either directly (unlikely) or indirectly through family. I would assume his parents or great grand parents taught him about frugal living in the depression and he perhaps enjoyed it more than the idea of a job. Being free and collecting cans. Same thing everyday. Something to wake up to. Something to make your community just that much better. And to be effectively worryless. Unless suddenly the cans disappeared lol
@indexoptions
4 ай бұрын
Working as a young man, saving whatever I can for retirement not knowing if I’ll ever get to spend it. My heart goes out to this man. You will not be forgotten. Gods speed friends
@danny_merc
4 ай бұрын
Never judge a book by its cover re: facts
@xxxx-qo9dh
4 ай бұрын
Never judge. Period
@cj-bd3ql
4 ай бұрын
Why is this news?????
@loganq
4 ай бұрын
@@cj-bd3qlTo distract from the illegals, Muslims, crime, war, inflation, BLMs, etc. Don't want you talking about how the Resident Potato Regime is ruining the world.
@amtravelingservice4400
4 ай бұрын
Ecclesiastic 5:12 " Sweet is the sleep of the one serving, whether he eats little or much, but the plenty belonging to the rich one does not permit him to sleep." money is not everything, he could not buy his life back no matter how much he had in the backpack.
@danny_merc
4 ай бұрын
@@amtravelingservice4400 well put👍
@613Builds
4 ай бұрын
I’ve known and worked for some older men who look poor or live frugal , but don’t judge a book by the cover! Living frugal is exactly how you save money, pretty much the only way to save these days.
@212days
4 ай бұрын
That lady gets some major credits and a THANK YOU for her honesty. A homeless guy asks her to put his backpack in her safe. She does that and then he dies and probably she is the only person on the planet who knows that his backpack is in there and what is in it.
@oldironsides4107
4 ай бұрын
Who knows how much money was actually in it.
@212days
4 ай бұрын
@@oldironsides4107 Hmmmm. Maybe $170K was in it? Yeah I suppose that's a possibility. There is a good saying to apply to speculations such as that: "Without proof to the contrary always give the other person the benefit of the doubt."
@hdanna823
4 ай бұрын
I heard of a homeless guy in CA that always wore a huge trench coat. When he died they discovered money sewn into the inside pockets like over $100000
@elleboyle9452
4 ай бұрын
That's called a California tax shelter.
@karenbacon6310
4 ай бұрын
Your honesty is commendable! So kind of you all to let him live there safely.
@CD-vl5wr
4 ай бұрын
I bet it was more then that
@dackieboi6705
4 ай бұрын
I bet she added $30
@nebhalabir1201
3 ай бұрын
@@dackieboi6705gahaha
@charlesbarkely3021
4 ай бұрын
Violation of his privacy to report on this. Anything for clicks. Shameless
@morganjanelle4282
4 ай бұрын
@charlesbarkely3021 And yet one of those clicks was _yours,_ so.................
@charlesbarkely3021
4 ай бұрын
@@morganjanelle4282 yea bc I couldn’t believe they would report it and wanted to call them out…what’s your point?
@deesnutz42069
4 ай бұрын
...he's dead.
@Grannydaisy
4 ай бұрын
Just like you clicked you hypocrite
@josephcasias
4 ай бұрын
@@charlesbarkely3021cope, that money is gone lmao
@user-zp7jp1vk2i
4 ай бұрын
People that have been through trauma (the depression and WW2 are excellent examples) never forget the lessons learned. Or they become cemented in the survival skillset that experience imprinted on them. Prince Rupert, BC had an Italian immigrant that worked all his life at the Port once arriving in Canada. He left his house and cash to the city. No one knows his story. He could have lost his entire family in the war for all we know.
@bluebellrose8
4 ай бұрын
My mum is like this. Been on a pension most of her life. She has a lot in savings and yet she lives like a miser. She will absolutely agonize over spending a couple of dollars on anything. I had three outfits in my teenage years. I was lucky if I could get anything out of her. I think she's getting worse as she gets older. I told her to try and loosen up about spending but old habits forged long ago are very difficult to change.
@jfranklin9549
4 ай бұрын
She’s living modestly because that is her character. She wants to leave a legacy to her heirs. ❤
@ritahorvath8207
4 ай бұрын
I have been together with a famous actor 20 years ago. I knew he earned really good money, he never got me the tinyest gift, sadly. Generousity is extremely important .
@TheTelblackwell
4 ай бұрын
@ritahorvath8207 come on, you've got to tell us who it is?
@bob494949
4 ай бұрын
@@ritahorvath8207Which brings up the obvious question: Why did you choose to stay with a cheap ass for 20 years.
@carollynt
4 ай бұрын
My step-mom was the same way. She would give gifts back to you when “cleaning up the house”. She dressed in rags so that nice people would pay her bills at the grocery or the Witness kids would do her yard work for free. She’d make them a salad with lemonade after they’d do $600 worth of work and gleefully think she was a wonderful person.
@JMcMac4t
4 ай бұрын
Wow…Amazing…and heart wrenching…
@benmills9693
4 ай бұрын
Honest American legion worker ! She has a good heart !
@Zhouse6060
4 ай бұрын
It’s illegal to possess more than 10k in cash. According to search and seizure laws it will go to the local police.
@user-fu1rv2ev7b
4 ай бұрын
We had a man like this in are town .... it showed me a lesson never judge a book by its cover....God bless him
@traybern
4 ай бұрын
OUR town, you DOPE!!!!
@allemander
4 ай бұрын
@@traybernlol. Education, not confrontation. Try it.
@SackclothRemnantPodcast
4 ай бұрын
I feel he didn't have the mind to understand what to do with his money but hold onto it. He tried to keep busy and work quietly. He helped make his community better in his own way. May the Lord continue to look after those who are mentally ill. God bless this woman and all who showed him love in the time that he lived. I also hope some of the money goes to help others through their organization to further their honest and kind acts.
@Rick_Foley
4 ай бұрын
His "family" gets a payday for what?
@NDrob27
4 ай бұрын
Heart braking. Met him so many times living in haverhill. Wicked nice guy. He will be missed riding his bike around town in the summer
@Arizona_Vineyard
4 ай бұрын
70k should go to the next vet who just roams our country. They out there
@noblood6137
4 ай бұрын
Belove member of the community with no home of his own. Now family pops up out of nowhere to collect.
@dylantedlock
4 ай бұрын
That's crazy. This guy used to clean my trash cans every morning. Damn. Rip little can man.
@ndre2768
3 ай бұрын
Is it only me or does anyone else think the money shouldn’t go to the family? They didn’t care enough to give him housing or help him.
@NaughtyKlaus
4 ай бұрын
And now all that money will likely go to the police for "processing and investigating", never to be seen by someone who it was entitled to.
@thatcanadiangrandma
4 ай бұрын
People making fun on this, it's a very well known phenomenon and it's related to mental illness. There's one person like that in every major town, even more. We had one here too. Died and had loads of cash on him. We're talking about people with major insecurities, who can't trust easily or at all. They can't seem to fit anywhere, they feel appart from society, isolated and reclusive. It all stems from major insecurity, it's quite profond. I have a lighter version of this but, it could be me. I'm so afraid everything is going to collapse that can hardly spend a penny. Positive point is that i'm frugal and very responsible, no debt, even if i'm low income. Negative point is, i'm scared of spending money quite a bit, and that i tend to hoard it. Then, i get older and i wonder what's the point. If i'm gonna die, that money will have been useless. It's not that ive got lots, just a bit of savings. Still, i can't convince myself to do anything with it, and i can't trust banks either. It's like this guy, all hidden somewhere. Only my parents know where it is. So, i understand this guy. I really do. He was no criminal or wanting to abuse people's kindness. He was scared, and ill.
@YOUR_MOTHER_WENT_TO_COLLEGE
4 ай бұрын
Truly is sad to see American citizens living like this, especially at his age.(R.I.P Good Sir)
@oldironsides4107
4 ай бұрын
He obviously didn’t have too. He chose to. And begged and guilt tripped money out of people. He’s a scumbag.
@Jenova_7
4 ай бұрын
I grew up in Haverhill. I remember seeing him ride his bike all the time back in the 90s and 2000s. I would yell his name and he would always pump his fist in the air as he rode by. He's definitely a legend around here, and I never even heard him speak. I just knew him from the stories about him.
@tlims1974a
3 ай бұрын
RIP. Actually at 82 years old, 69k+ and a backpack is not much money when all you have to your name is a bicycle. Thankfully he was rich in friends, which is priceless! ♥️
@scottsent8120
4 ай бұрын
40 years of SS disability and can collecting can add up when you don't pay for anything.
@bigtoe3963
4 ай бұрын
Being a minimalist isn't a bad thing...."is drowning in debt your thing"
@axigon6904
4 ай бұрын
@@chuckycheeserVA disability payments. Alot of the homless vets are 100 percent disabled which means they recieve over 3500$ a month. Im a vet myself and work at the VA. unfortunately most dont save like this man. Come the first of the month. Our er is empty. Once they blow through their money theh start coming in asking for food / bed to sleep in and or try to get drugs prescribed. Its a daily occurrence.
@micheleamisonfellezs293
4 ай бұрын
Bless him and those folks at the American legion!
@AlexJewellAlex
4 ай бұрын
$69,450? You’re telling me this man was only $30 too rich to have $69,420?
@ralphholiman7401
4 ай бұрын
Again, this highlights the problem that being homeless, rather than actually being the problem, is just a symptom of the problem. He obviously could have rented a place to live.
@franciscarodriguez2855
4 ай бұрын
Same story here an old man in his 70 s Dog lover with his grocery basket carrying his dogs Babies and his Dog walking along him Would go out everyday day to buy them breakfast lunch and dinner Sig there with them homeless looking man Never had a shower in years Msn Died of natural causes Had coffee cans full of money stashed under his dogs bed in the ground outside only found when cleaning up the Garbage he left behind Yup never judge its book by its cover
@yellowbird5411
4 ай бұрын
I've met many older people who lived like paupers but had a lot of money. And no amount of talking would get them to part with it, even if there was no one to leave it to. Heirs were often some niece in Chicago whom they never saw. People feel that spending money on themselves is a waste. They don't want or need better "stuff." They are comfortable in old clothes, etc. and think that spending the money is just throwing money away. I do understand that. People try to get me to get certain services or items, and I say, "I don't need one." Like a cell phone. I have a landline, and am fine with it - never drop a call, and it's crystal clear. Don't have to answer a phone call in the middle of the store or talk to unseen people on one over the meat counter. I tell people, if it's an emergency, call 911, don't call me. My car is a 2000 Taurus. I don't have GPS. I don't have a microwave, a dryer, and my refrigerator for 10 years has been a tabletop dorm style with no light inside. I will buy necessary things. I wonder who got his money.
@jfranklin9549
4 ай бұрын
Ironically, probably people who will just as suddenly have it spent (and not in his own community).
@nielgregory108
4 ай бұрын
This is, yet again, PROOF that some people WANT to be homeless.
@blackbird5634
4 ай бұрын
"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." -Hebrews 13:2😇
@imuuri
4 ай бұрын
Its strange to think that if he didnt have but $10 in that backpack his death would have gone largely unnoticed. You die with 70,000 in a backpack and they put you in the news and celebrate you a hero. He does seem like a good man, its just really strange t think about.
@oldironsides4107
4 ай бұрын
A good man? The guy begged and scammed money out of people while carrying around 10s of thousands of dollars. That’s a pretty shitty human
@johnnybbgunner2136
4 ай бұрын
Proves you cannot take it with you.😢
@sereneanna4040
4 ай бұрын
😂wat a joke
@Caterpillartears
4 ай бұрын
@@sereneanna4040just like you
@isaackurtz6905
4 ай бұрын
Yup
@VintageVaughnVehiclces
4 ай бұрын
I hope the $69,000 some odd dollars goes to give him a really fine grave with a beautiful headstone in a first-class Cemetery. It should be spent on him and not his family members or in taxes he should get Eternal respect with a fine grave
@ruslannabioullin3664
4 ай бұрын
Spend on a piece of useless rock above a dead body?
@DursunX
4 ай бұрын
Money isn't the Measure of a Man. Money doesn't buy Peace. R.I.P Sir.
@Aceman597
4 ай бұрын
Seen him since the 80s and 90s around that state line. I swear he was grey with beard in the 80s also. Glad the A.L. helped him. R.I.P.
@maestrovso
4 ай бұрын
And a lot of people can't come up with $2000 for emergency.
@M_SC
4 ай бұрын
Well they pay rent
@helloworld3043
4 ай бұрын
@@M_SC😢right
@phallondavenport470
4 ай бұрын
That's true! A lot of people don't know how to manage their money
@jimbeam2705
4 ай бұрын
Gotta buy the pot,cigarettes, vapes,Starsucks coffee, expensive cellphones, energy drinks, McDonald's, cable TV, 200 dollar sneakers and a long list of unnecessary items.
@JohnMooshian
3 ай бұрын
He used to come into Market Basket back in the 70's when I worked therein high school, was living outside then. Been seeing him around since. Sad to hear he's gone.
@MohammedAllali__
4 ай бұрын
In my opinion, this woman deserves the 70k because he instructed her to hide the bag. He didn't tell her to give it to his family or even mention calling them when he was on his deathbed. Why did she suddenly start searching for his family after he passed away? The bag is rightfully hers.
@traybern
4 ай бұрын
Because THAT is when THEY are DUE his estate, DUMBA$$!!!!
@user-ff5nv8ft6n
4 ай бұрын
These type of stupid live amongst us. Its scary. You dont know what an estate is?
@MohammedAllali__
4 ай бұрын
@@user-ff5nv8ft6n The touchy jerks are even scarier. I simply expressed that, in my opinion, the woman who took care of him is more entitled to his estate. It's a straightforward viewpoint. you are not going to teach me basic things while you can't even understand what a perspective means.
@geomundi8333
4 ай бұрын
omfg. "can man" always had plans and dreams he would share with us at the KFC when I worked there; we would trade him picking up stuff parking lot for chicken. once he talked about how he was going to sell rats he caught behind buildings to labs; because they payed good money. his plans always involved going somewhere... "i'm going to boston to..." "I'm going to NY to....". I always made him sandwich for the road. Poor guy.
@tiffandfam7466
4 ай бұрын
I have a few family members that deal with mental health so I totally understand 😔
@rlgman
4 ай бұрын
How many more of these " victims" are on the streets playing broke?
@truthbombs-ii7ke
4 ай бұрын
Any seniors out there forced to collect cans to survive better not wear a backpack
@MeMeDaVinci
4 ай бұрын
It sounds like he didn't trust banks. I just wish he spent the wad on himself. When I went to school in a fairly large city in the midwest, my cousin worked at a bank. I saw a panhandler who was maybe in his early 20s downtown. He always wore a dark trench coat. She told me that he was one of their customers and he had over $40,000 in the bank. Some people would just rather live off the kindness of others because that's all they can do.
@wizkaqueefa9003
4 ай бұрын
There was a time when most "middle class" American families had $30K-$50K saved up once the parents were in their 40s. Now anything above $25K is seen as "a lot of money". Sad.
@thatguy6214
4 ай бұрын
I'm 27 and have 72k in savings
@wizkaqueefa9003
4 ай бұрын
@@thatguy6214 What age did you move out of your parents' home? I know a couple people who have $100K+ at age 25 but they invest all their money in day trading & still live with their mom.
@realist7239
4 ай бұрын
@@wizkaqueefa9003 hes in moms attic duh
@MeMeDaVinci
4 ай бұрын
@@thatguy6214 Do you panhandle?
@IMRROcom
4 ай бұрын
It would be nice if the family donated the money to that AL Post.
@AP90x
4 ай бұрын
Lol
@pamelageorge8275
4 ай бұрын
So glad the vets gave him a place to stay!! 👍💙🇺🇸
@robertseptim3579
4 ай бұрын
Something about this just makes me want to burst out in tears. They should keep that backpack as a museum piece. Maybe in a museum dedicated to good, humble people
@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS
4 ай бұрын
That back pack would have been lost. 😂😂😂😂😂
@SithLordAnakin
4 ай бұрын
I know right I would've just kept the money and STFU
@YolandaSmith-zs1rl
4 ай бұрын
In life you don't know what anyone is going through. Sometimes you don't know what aura someone brings until their gone. He was a drifter spreading light every where he went .Please take care of each . Rest in peace Abbit
@oldironsides4107
4 ай бұрын
He was a beggar who accumulated 70k in cash. How do you think he got it?
@YolandaSmith-zs1rl
4 ай бұрын
@@oldironsides4107 who knows. I don't have that much time in the world to wonder where he got it from but I will take some. I need it
@ashleyerin7069
4 ай бұрын
When i was little there was a homeless man named Marvin Poe who would always push a shopping cart around town..He wasn't all there mentally but he was a super nice guy deep down..He would come up and chat with you and just wanted someone to talk to..He always had a huge bulge in his pants..Turns out his pants were stuffed with money..He was a millionaire who chose to live on the street..He would have all his SS checks deposited into his sisters account and she would give him money to live on and he would just stuff it in his pants..I guess he just liked the simple life..RIP Marvin🙏
@aquariusrizing
4 ай бұрын
His family left him to die on the streets.
@zerocool1ist
4 ай бұрын
The IRS tied his shoelaces together.
@N-xi2zh
4 ай бұрын
:P:SSSLSOSLSL
@kensmith2796
4 ай бұрын
He likely wouldn't have owed any taxes on whatever income he was making annually. The standard deduction for a single person is $14,600. That doesn't include tax credits and other deductions. You can make $85,000 a year, single, no kids and still be in a 12% tax bracket.
@truthbtold3177
4 ай бұрын
🤔 funny how this story is not geared towards mental health and homelessness, but rather the surprise of how much money he carried in a backpack 🎒 --- humanity has to do better ‼️
@billygreen3515
4 ай бұрын
Agree many are not pro mental health and helping homlessness.
@SithLordAnakin
4 ай бұрын
I know right I would've just kept the money and STFU
@DamplyDoo
4 ай бұрын
I wonder how much of that money will go to "administrative fees" before the town gives it to charity
@rubywedderburn9487
4 ай бұрын
Incredible story 👏 Also yes Mam your honesty is simply Beautiful ❤
@wileycoyote4206
4 ай бұрын
Dude that guy is freaking awesome man 🧍♂️ ❤!!!!!!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
@jonvon2044
4 ай бұрын
Wonder who got the money and if he would of even wanted it to go to his family.
@kaispirit2079
4 ай бұрын
I bet that man had EXACTLY $70,000 saved. RIP.
@user-gz4ve8mw9l
4 ай бұрын
He was doing better than a lot of people with that $70,000.
@louisianarainwater
4 ай бұрын
It would be awesome if the family donated his money to that American Legion that cared so much for him💚
@jacksonreed1215
4 ай бұрын
Sounds like a awesome dude 😎
@acgillespie
4 ай бұрын
most of us 40+ are actually really cool folks
@mor9n243
4 ай бұрын
@@acgillespielies
@paulettebarrow9791
4 ай бұрын
My father had about the same amount rolled up in a saftey deposit box in the bank that my sis and I didnt know about and we split, rolled up bills with rubber bands around them
@valeria-militiamessalina5672
4 ай бұрын
That's exactly how I keep my receipts, just not in a safe, lolol
@yotinpimohktiw7766
4 ай бұрын
That’s a wasted life. Very sad. That’s why you should never wait to enjoy yourself. You might wait forever like this man.
@mikeohagan2206
3 ай бұрын
this is why we must support our legions and veterans.
@iikhalaii8784
4 ай бұрын
i know he's rollin in his grave knowing his family got his money
@missladyanonymity
4 ай бұрын
I read "con man" and wondered why this was news.
@Jimfromearthoo7
4 ай бұрын
It’s “can man” not con man.
@exvandal187
4 ай бұрын
That’s real news. I’m so tired of division politics
@procrunchie4899
4 ай бұрын
Legend has it there was much more money in the bag before it was searched.
@dw3403
4 ай бұрын
Great now old men with backpacks are going to have their backpacks stolen.
@PorshiaVonne
4 ай бұрын
And here I am struggling to keep $20 in my savings account 😅what a legend 🚲 👴🏻
@donnagelina8548
4 ай бұрын
Yes, but you have bills, rent, car insurance.
@franksnowboarder
4 ай бұрын
Before the cops counted it may be as much as $100,000. Will cops claim it as asset forfeiture?
@cyberzenASMR
4 ай бұрын
$70k does not do a damn thing. That’s the pathetic story here….
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