How a lost wallet has been returned, with something extra in the interior

Hunter Shamatt had just arrived in Las Vegas when he realized that his wallet was gone. It contained $ 60, a pay check of $ 400, his credit card and his identity card.

He was stressed and upset, but it was his sister's wedding weekend and he did not want to make a fuss about it. He borrowed money from his parents for the weekend.

"It's a bit nil," said Shamatt, a 20-year-old carpenter. "I was looking forward to not having my identity card."

He thought maybe he lost on his Omaha flight to Vegas, so he called the airline and reported it to the disappearance. No chance.

"Like Vegas and everything else, I thought it was gone forever," he said.

After the wedding weekend, he and his parents went to the airport to return to Omaha on November 11, three hours away from their home in Brandon, South Dakota.

His mother worried about the identification of his son. She did not even know if he would be allowed to go home without him.

"We were very worried," said Jeannie Shamatt. "I was worried, I was anxious, he was anxious."

In the end, after an interview that lasted about an hour, he was allowed to catch the plane.

The next day, a package arrived at his home.

It contained his wallet – completely intact – with a note saying:

"Hunter, found this on a Frontier flight from Omaha to Denver – row 12, seat F stuck between the seat and the wall.I thought you'd like to get it back – all the best."

And an additional message:

"I have rounded your money up to an amount equal to 100 USD for you to celebrate the return of your wallet. Have fun !!!"

Hunter Shamatt took a moment to process the note.

"Not at all, not at all," recalls Shamatt. "It can not be, not at all, not at all."

He counted the money three times, said his mother.

"Everyone was so excited, no one of us could believe it," she said. "It was absolutely amazing."

As they both wanted to thank the nice stranger, Jeannie Shamatt posted a photo of the note on Facebook with a message asking for help to find the right stranger. He had thousands of tastes, sharing and comments.

A few days later, the Shamatts were in contact with the unknown gentile, identified in the local media as Todd Brown of Omaha. Someone with whom Brown worked gathered the pieces and connected them.

Shamatt wrote to Brown his sincere thanks:

"Sir, I can not thank you enough, what you have done for me is almost unheard of – never in my life, nor in my family, nor in me have we witnessed such generosity. I was not expecting to see my wallet even less with $ 40 Thanks a lot, I have a student loan and a truck credit and that makes all the difference. "

Brown did not respond to an interview request, but Jeannie Shamatt said that Brown and his wife were both touched by the meaning of his gesture towards the Shamatt family.

"He and his wife said that they had cried when I told them everything that had happened," she said.