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Mail collection boxes certainly are secure, but at times their impenetrability has a downside.
While the Fort Wayne U.S. Postal Service receives few calls about mail fraud, it fields quite a few calls about items accidentally tossed into the boxes.
“I’ve pulled up and had people just sitting there waiting for me to unlock the box so that they could get their keys,” said Al Walker, a mail carrier in southwest Allen County. “And I don’t know how many times I’ve found people who’ve thrown their paychecks in there.”
But sometimes the things people intentionally throw into the collection boxes are more interesting than what they accidentally toss in. Bob Dull, a mechanic with the U.S. Postal Service in Fort Wayne, says he’s constantly surprised by some of the items he finds in the boxes.
“I found a cat in one downtown by the Lincoln Tower,” Dull said. “Someone threw a bomb in one out near the airport. Kids shove snow down them and dog poop. Sometimes people light them on fire.”
Walker said he once even found a gun in a box.
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