A Utah family lost out on more than $1,000 in cash after their toddler shredded an envelope filled with their savings.
Ben and Jackee Belnap saved the money for about a year to cover the cost of the University of Utah football season tickets.
Though the two normally kept the money “locked in a file cabinet until it was time to pay [Ben’s] parents,” over the weekend, the couple left the envelope on the counter to remember to deliver it on time.
Oddly enough, the envelope turned up missing, and after searching the house and through the trash for the missing money, Jackee found it in the worst place possible.
“I think the money is in here,” Ben recalled his wife saying, as she held up a shredder.
According to USA Today, the couple’s two-year-old son had lent a helping hand in the past, using the shredder under his parents’ supervision, but this one hurt a bit.
“Yup, 2 year old shredded $1,060,” Ben tweeted on Tuesday.
Though the two laughed at the outrageous circumstances, they also cried a little over the loss of their savings. But, as it turns out, a government office that deals with mutilated cash may be able to replace the money, the publication reports.
Problem is the process takes between six months to three years. Good thing the Utah Utes will still be there by then.
