Talk about an unexpected windfall. Shoppers in the Meijers parking lot in Bowling Green Thursday afternoon were surprised to find money blowing away from an ATM.
A customer drove to the Bowling Green Police Station around 4:20 p.m. to report that he recovered money that had been blowing away from the Huntington ATM in the Meijer parking lot at 2111 E. Wooster St.
The 30-year-old man from Portage told police that as he left the store and began walking toward his vehicle, he saw money blowing across the parking lot. He said he saw numerous people trying to catch the money. He picked up several $20 bills and put them in his vehicle.
The man reported a Brinks truck near the ATM, but he didn’t see anyone around the truck or ATM, so he drove to the police station. He gave police a wad of wet money, totaling $240. The cash was put in the property room.
At Meijer, a police officer spoke with an employee of Brinks, who was still at the ATM in the parking lot. The employee said while she was trying to fill the ATM, money began to blow away. She said several people brought money they found blowing in the lot back to her. The employee was unsure how much money was missing.
