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It appears a kind of good samaritan has been leaving cash in various stores around the Salem, Ore., area, including a Fred Meyer grocery store and a Wal-Mart, where customers have so far found more than $2,000 worth of $100 bills. They have reported finding $100 bills inside egg cartons, candles and inside boxes of cookies and ice cream cones at multiple locations.

“I opened it up and a $100 bill fell out, just like that,” a male shopper identifying himself as “Phil” told TODAY Wednesday after finding the money in a box of cookies. “There were three boxes left, so I turned them over and lo and behold, there was another $100 bill.”

“When we got home, they were getting their ice cream and lo and behold, they come running out and were like, ‘We found a hundred dollars,’’’ one female shopper told TODAY. “I’m like, ‘What? This cannot be real.’’’