AMSTERDAM — A 76-year-old man trapped himself in an underground waste paper container in Amsterdam after he clambered in to hunt for a lottery ticket.
Police said in a statement the elderly man managed to open the container and climb in Thursday because he feared he had tossed out a lottery ticket along with other used paper.
Passers-by heard him calling for help and alerted the police who freed him with the help of firefighters.
The bad news? The man didn't find his lottery ticket.
Thanks to Original Bey for the tip.
Yikes, I wonder how much it was worth.
Been there, done that. I just stuck my head and arms in the bin though, 40 bucks was just not enough to scale the walls.
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Sucks to be that dude!
Aww.....bless his heart.....
The things people do to collect whats due to them
Would you dive in wondering whether you had the winning ticket or not?
I think- Better to dive in with no regrets than wondering whether you had the winning ticket but hesitated too.
Living with regrets is a bad thing.
"Living with regrets is a bad thing."
Living in an underground dumpster ain't a whole lotta fun either.
If you found the winning lottery ticket, who cares- perhaps being in that situation for a few hours could build character even for a 75 year oldster.
I hope he brought a flashlight and searched while waiting to be rescued.
Perhaps he could have convinced the fire fighters to dump the whole thing and help him search??????
Maybe he just wanted to check it...................
Yeah, me too. Except in the 10 minutes it took me to go back to the dumpster the trash truck had come and hauled it all away.
Glad senior man is okay. I, too, wonder how much the ticket was worth!
It was not worth anything, he just wanted to double check it.
This Story has at least a Happy ending! so we can celebrate with a fellow lottery player across the Atlantic for the biggest lottery win ever, LIFE.
The garbage lorries could have been there and picked up everything including the elder, and that would not have been pretty at all.
Some very mean Dutch teenagers, like the football(soccer) players also from Amsterdam, who kicked their linesman to death at a game in Almere, could have gotten there ahead of the Good Samaritans and may not be as kindly.
The weather in Amsterdam last week was mostly in the upper 40's to mid fifties and nothing near freezing either at night.
Anyway he is still in the game, so his lottery story is not yet over.
I doubt it was worth more than a buck two eighty.
I would bet he was worried that it MIGHT be worth something.
A happy ending would have been saving the lottery ticket. I dont see anything happy about saving the player without his ticket. The whole reason for everything was to save the ticket...
It was worth a head first dive into the dumpster............
imagine being found dead in a dumpster you cant get out of, WITH THE WINNING TICKET IN YOUR COLD DEAD HANDS!
I think ill just make sure to check all my tickets carefully before disposing of any rubbish.
That would really stink.
Oh my gosh! I couldn' believe his fate here..The man almost lost his life in the trapped container, yet was unlucky to find his lottery ticket...Tsk..Tsk...so bad...