A woman in Tel Aviv, Israel, gave her elderly mother a new mattress as a surprise gift, throwing out the old tattered bed her mother had slept on for decades. The gesture ended up bankrupting Annat’s mother, who had stuffed her savings of nearly $1 million inside her old bed for decades, Annat told Israel Army Radio.
A massive search is under way at the city dump, where security has been beefed up to keep out treasure-seekers who have heard Annat’s story in Israeli media.
Annat, who did not want to reveal the rest of her name, told Israel Army Radio that she woke up early Sunday to get a good deal on a new mattress as a surprise for her mother.
She fell asleep that night, exhausted after lugging up the new mattress and hauling down the old one to be taken out with the trash.
When her mother realized the next day what her daughter had done, she told her that she had been using the mattress to stash away her life savings and had nearly $1 million padding the inside of the worn-out mattress.
Annat ran downstairs, but it was too late. The garbage truck had already taken away the money-stuffed mattress.
And speaking of banks…
Anyone really believe this crazy old woman actually had $1 million saved up? Maybe $10,000, possibly $100,000 – but if you had $1 million in cash in a mattress, WTF wouldn’t you mention it to your family, who might like to spend some of it on food and shelter (and new mattresses)?
Depending on denomination, a million dollars would take up considerable cubic footage. And this lady is in Israel, so assume she kept it in shekels at about four shekels per dollar. Nah, I don’t think so. BS on this story.
What an idiot. What if her house had burned down?
Yes, there is something wrong with this story. Didn’t the daughter actually tell the mother she was going to buy a new mattress? The mother was obviously in the house, etc.
BTW, I would assume the mattress was very, very heavy with holes and tears where the money was stuffed, and she didn’t notice??
Next time, she’ll hopefully have the good sense to hide the money in the cookie jar.
Check 2 things.
Is the lady senile?
Is the daughter a thief?
Good one. If the old lady did not spend the money, and had so much extra that she could shove it into the mattress, she obviously did not need it. Funny story.
#2: I thought the same thing at first, but if the internet is right (and it always is :)) a single US note has dimensions of 2.6″ x 6.1″ x 0.004″. This gives a volume of roughly 0.07″^3 per US note. For a typical king size mattress of dimensions 76″ x 80″ x 12″ (again, according to the infallible internet) giving a volume of ~73,000″^3. Finally, 73,000″^3/0.07″^3 works out to about 1.05 million notes fitting in the mattress. So if she takes the springs completely out, she could actually use $1 bills.
No worries, America will pay her bank from American tax payers money. Always the best friend in Israels any desperate needs. Ha!
Where is the BS Meter when you need it………or……….We do strange stuff when it involves Gelt …????
@ Nancy Disgrace. Absolutely agree that the mother could be senile but I doubt the daughter stole it. Should have told her mother at some point that hey mom I took the cash instead of foolishly discussing their story in the press then going to a dump yard to search for said mattress. Yeah her mother would be pissed but she already pissed at the daughter for throwing out the mattress to begin with if this story is true.
Do Jews actually need money in Israel? I thought they were all living on their government’s “settlement” dole. Home, job, and living expenses covered. You can’t jumpstart a nation into existence, in just a few decades, without comping everyone’s way that shows up. Economic systems don’t spring into being that quickly. Unless something valuable were discovered there, like gold or diamonds. Neither of which Israel produces. But government money, and property, being given away. Yeah, that’s like a gold rush. Only guess who all really paid for it? And whose property it was, before their armed forces took it?
I agree, this story sounds too fishy to be true. More like some propaganda, leading up to something. Perhaps another armed offensive.
where is the bullshit meter?!