Dog Eats $500, Man Collects Poop, Returns to Treasury, Government Replaces Money

by Austin Petersen

Pooch Has Expensive Taste

Wayne Klinken of Montana managed to scoop enough of his dog Sundance’s poop to get his money back from the government after his pooch ate $500 cash.

Klinkel left Sundance, a Golden Retriever, in his vehicle for only a moment but when he returned he found his money was eaten. Only a small piece of a single $100 note survived along with a measly dollar bill. Sundance sure has expensive taste!

“He’s been notorious for eating paper products,” Klinkel said. “I knew right away what had happened.” Klinkel followed Sundance around diligently the next few days, waiting for him to do his duty. After leaving the bags of frozen poo outside for a few weeks before he hatched his clever scheme to get his money back.

With an old metal mining screen and a hose, the desperate man began sifting through the mess in order to piece the bills back together. He washed them and then diligently assembled them “It was sort of like putting the puzzle pieces back together,” Klinkel said.

Mr. Klinkel then went to the Federal Reserve in Helena, which turned him away. We wonder why! But he wasn’t going to be deterred. He decided to mail his bag of poo home where it belongs, to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Mutilated Currency Division. “There was no guarantee I was going to get anything back,” Klinkel said.

After a short period, he received a letter with a check for $500 to replace his lost money.

 

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.