One such bright genius is the two-year-old Leo Belnap, whose parents noticed that an important envelope containing more than a thousand dollars had gone missing under mysterious circumstances. The Salt Lake City couple, Ben and Jackee Belnap said that the money was their one year long saving, that was meant to purchase passes for the upcoming football season tickets at the Utah University for Ben’s parents-both of whom were big-time fans of the game.

Without wasting a single second they began searching for the lost sum- the drawers, under the rugs, inside the sofa, the garbage. And while Ben was busy digging through their daily trash, Jackee’s voice echoed in the background, “I found it”. The cash had died a tragic death in the shredder and was now nothing more than a thousand pieces of expensive confetti. At once the couple knew who the faulty was- Leo, their two-year-old son! He had recently learned the art of shredding and had been assisting in shredding junk documents and mails and probably thought he was being of help this time as well- hard luck kiddo!

So me and my wife had been saving up to pay for our @Utah_Football tickets in cash. We pulled our money out yesterday to pay my mom for the season… Well we couldn’t find the envelope until my wife checked the shredder. Yup. 2 year old shredded $1,060. pic.twitter.com/93R9BWAVDE

— BB (@Benbelnap) October 2, 2018

At first, Leo’s mother cried but after a minute their sobs turned into laughter because even though they were devastated at the loss, the innocence of their kid was what helped them recollect themselves. “This was one of those moments where you just have to laugh” said Jackee Belnap. And luckily perhaps the money is not forever lost for the duo! A solution to their problem was offered by The Bureau of Engraving and Printing that has an entire mutilated currency division for the sake of such times.

A cell devoted to fixing and redeeming waterlogged, burned, rodent-eaten, deteriorated and chemically spoilt cash. A service provided entirely free of cost to the civilians. The company tackles nearly 30000 cases in a year and has helped recover nearly 30 million dollars of mutilated money (as per their website). The next step the couple needs to take is forward the currency to the Bureau’s office where it shall be carefully scrutinized by the well-trained experts. As of now this is the only route that the couple can opt for. Additionally they also got in touch with the Department of Treasury who asked them to send the shredded sum to Washington in Ziploc pouches.

Ben took to Twitter to share a picture of their tireless and endless efforts to separate currency notes from regular papers so that it could be sent to the government. The sum is expected to be credited to their account within the next quarter or half year’s time. On the contrary, Leo is being taught to keep far away from the Shredder.

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