From Hero To Zero: Billions of Gold On His Farm, But Not in His Pocket
This is a fun story I came across on the news sites I follow. It was reported about a week ago and went somewhat viral so you may have stumbled upon it already.
So, there's this french farmer called Michel Dupont who recently discovered a literal jack pot in his land. A gold deposit reportedly worth of over 4 fucking billion usd! Holy molly!
He first noticed something peculiar while walking along a stream on his land and saw a a glimmer in the waters. Then he started digging and uncovered numerous gold fragments.
Like a good citizen he informed the government and that's where he got fucked. Majorly.
You see, under french law, the land is his but what below the surface... isn't lol. That's government property. His "finder's fee" is only something like 0.5 %. But that's not the only problem.
There are also environmental laws and regulations and shit to take care before starting any mining.
So yeah. Imagine discovering a literal infinite money glitch right below your feet and then losing it.
All he had to do was keep his mouth shut and take a few nuggets here and there and he would never had to financially worry again. Or his descendants generations after his death 😆
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Goberment to da rescue (ob da gold) man! !INDEED !WEIRD !ZOMBIE
Good ol government 😂
LOL
lesson, never talk, keep all for yourself
same if you kill a thief, mouth shut and give it to pigs as meal
This story reminds me of my discovery...
Ooh nice!
That's why one should always own the mineral rights as well as the land itself. Poor guy got fucked big time...
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What a dumbass. I’d be panning and digging all day long. Governments SUCK!!!!
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But who will make the roads for him? 😂😂😂😂
That’s the kind of luck where the universe says ‘here’s your jackpot, but psych—it’s not yours!
Yes, what a big FU 😆
Poor guy, he should have kept it to himself as you suggested.
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Yep 😂😂
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Mr Dupont must be related to another French man who inherited the old family homestead in, Oui, the same country of France where the house concealed a trove of very old gold coins that was reported to the same likely authorities. Same story. And his estate was back taxed on the gold adding insult to injury.
Moral of the Story; Don't tell anyone!
LMAO
I feel sad for that guy, but at least there is the finders fee if they ever get to mining.
Glad that you mentioned that he realized the land was not his.
How about the untold part of the story about the government share?
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