In the waters of a bay there was something that didn’t belong in that environment. It was a metal receptaclecommonly used for store belongings of economic value or important documents. Curiosity led a person to investigate the interior of the object: the discovery It didn’t turn out to be any treasure. and caused more doubts than certainties.
a man opened a safe what recovered from the Indian Oceanoff the coast of Australiaand discovered that inside there was a package of dehydrated beefas he explained. The story, spread on local news networks and portals, attracted the attention of users.
On January 3, an Australian citizen announced in a Facebook post that he had just found a safe in the crystal clear waters of the shark bay (Shark Bay), located in the west of the oceanic country.
This man, according to the Australian news portal 7NEWS and the local public news service ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), se llama Whereupon Sellenger and is a resident of the bay in question.
How the discovery occurred
In an interview with ABC Newspublished on January 6, Sellenger explained that A friend of his discovered the chest while diving. in a local reef.
«There is a small reef between Denham y Eagle Bluff (NdR: they are two places in Shark Bay), and he was diving there with his family,» the man declared in this regard. Apparently, during the aquatic activity, his friend stumbled upon the safe.
Immediately, this person decided to contact Sellenger. «He called me and said: ‘Quoin, you won’t believe this. I found a safe in the sea‘», he clarified in another interview with 7NEWS.
The man on the jet ski, with his daughter. Photo: video capture/Quoin Sellenger via 7NEWS.According to information disclosed by ABC News, his friend chose not to remove the safety chest from the reef. Before leaving, he gave Sellenger the exact coordinates of the object’s location.
Next, according to his story, Sellenger went to the place aboard a jet ski and accompanied by his daughter. With the help of his loved one, the man He picked up the safe and took it home..
What happened next
Some time later, after publishing the news on Facebook and not receiving any message from anyone claiming the object, the Australian citizen made the decision to see what was inside.
The moment when you remove the safe from the water. Photo: video capture/Quoin Sellenger via 7NEWS.To do this, Sellenger contacted another friend, a worker in the construction sector. According to ABC Newsthey used an angle grinder – it’s a tool – to make a hole in the back of the safe and that way investigate what was inside.
When they opened the safe, they smelled an intense smell. Immediately, according to Sellenger, they discovered that inside there was a edible commercial product that there was expired in 2022. It was precisely a package of dehydrated beef.
«I knew there was something inside because the box made noise (when I moved it). But in the end it was a package of beef jerky (dehydrated beef)», he asserted to ABC News. «I was hoping there would be a big gold bar there.«, he noted in a joking tone.
It required a grinder to open the safe. Photo: video capture/Quoin Sellenger via 7NEWS.Despite the mystery and doubts about the object, Sellenger suspects that the safe was left there. as part of a joke.
«I think someone made a joke. «It’s a well-known reef in Shark Bay, and someone put it there with the intention of being found, I think,» the man told the same media.
After the discovery, Sellenger handed over the safe to the authorities police in the area, according to ABC News.
A package of beef jerky, expired in 2022. Photo: video capture/Quoin Sellenger via 7NEWS.«I think that, in the future, I’ll be having something in a bar and someone will say to me: ‘Hey Quoin, do you remember that safe?'» he commented to 7NEWS the man, who took a anecdote to remember.
