No Such Thing As Free Money

Forget raining men, wouldn't you rather it rain cash -- nice big denominations like hundred-dollar bills?

Well, that's exactly what happened at a garbage and recycling facility in Sunnyvale, Calif. Tuesday morning.

Workers at the Sunnyvale Materials and Recycling Transfer (SMaRT) station were sorting garbage and recycling materials from Mountain View onto a series of conveyor belts when all of a sudden, a flurry of hundred-dollar bills -- $3,000 worth -- started to rain down on them.

Despite what we imagine must have been a strong temptation to pocket the money, the workers handed it over to law enforcement officials who confirmed that the bills were indeed real and not counterfeit. The next step was to contact the FBI and Secret Service to determine whether the money was reported missing or stolen.

"It may very well be someone's life savings or maybe the money came from not such legitimate sources," city spokesman John Pilger told the MercuryNews.com.

So far, the owner hasn't revealed him or herself. If the cash remains unclaimed for a full 90 days, then Sunnyvale can claim it for the city's general fund.

Photo courtesy of ThinkWar via Flickr.