Unusual: opened at the first attempt a safe that was closed for 40 years in a museum

The Canadian Stephen Mills not only proved that luck exists, but also that she has enough. Did the man, who went with his family to visit a small museum in his country, managed to open a safe from the first attempt? closed for 40 years.

The huge black box of over 900 pounds It has remained hidden in the basement of the Vermilion Heritage Museum since the early 1990s. The object had been given to the property by its former owner, the Brunswick Hotel, which closed down in the 70s. However, the museum has never been informed of a very important fact: the security code.

Since then, the staff tried to open the box in many wayseither by trying to locate their former owners, by contacting their manufacturers and even by engaging a private locksmith. But everything was in vain.

As reported by the museum to the chain CBC, the owner of the hotel did not remember the numbersthe manufacturers did not know how to help them and the locksmith tried every possible combination, but none worked. So, concluded that there should be a problem in the mechanism of the box, which was already too old and probably could never be opened again.

But everything changed when Mills and his family decided to visit the museum during your vacation. During his site visit, one of the employees told them the story of the box and the man was fascinated. "I thought I had to try to open it, my kids had the impression of being in a spy movie," he said.

"When I saw that the dial went from 0 to 60, The first thing I thought was in the numbers 20-40-60. Typical combination lock: three times right -20- two times left -40- and one time clockwise -60-, and the door wide open"said Mills.

Seeing what had happened, everyone present rushed to look inside the box, waiting to find gold bullion and bags of money. . However, his disappointment was great when he discovered that there was only a pile of papers and a lot of dust.

"Although there is no treasure, It was worth it for all the emotion we feel when the box finally opened, "said Mills.

For its part, from the museum they badured that from now on they will keep the door open to prevent it from closing for another 40 years.