Ikinagulat ng isang mag-asawa ang pagkakapunit-punit at pagkasira ng aabot sa $4,000 o mahigit P200,000 halaga ng kanilang pera matapos itong kainin ng kanilang aso sa Pittsburgh, USA.
Sa ulat ng GMA Integrated Newsfeed, sinabing nakatakda sana itong gamitin nina Clayton at Carrie Law bilang budget sa pagpapaayos ng kanilang bahay.
“I pulled out some money to do some housework and then went to the bank and came back and put the money on the countertop,” sabi ni Clayton, may-ari ng nasirang pera.
Ngunit ang mas ikinagulat nina Clayton at Carrie Law na ang salarin sa pagkasira ng kanilang pera ay walang iba kundi ang kanilang pitong taong gulang na asong si Cecil.
“What seemed like 30-ish minutes and I came back and then I just saw him basically standing over this pile of money that had been eaten and torn apart and shredded and the envelope was totally gone. So I was just kind of in shock,” sabi ni Clayton.
Nakapagsalba pa ang mag-asawa sa kanilang pera habang sinubukan nilang muling pagdikit-dikitin ang ilang mga napunit na pera.
“Basically there was some money that was like not really touched, it was salvageable. But then a lot of money was inside of him so we basically just had to figure out what to do next,” sabi ni Clayton.
Agad kumonsulta si Carrie sa kanilang beterinaryo at ipinaalam ang ginawa ng kanilang aso.
Nagpayo naman ang beterinaryo na huwag mag-alala ang mag-asawa hangga’t normal ang kalagayan ni Cecil.
Kalaunan, unti-unting naisuka ng kanilang aso ang ilang perang kinain nito.
“We were able to recover, you know, enough and the first. So it was the same day at 2 a.m. is when he first, like, threw up, like the first amount and I realized ‘Hey there’s some money in here,’” sabi ni Clayton.
Aabot sa $3,550 o mahigit P190,000 ang halaga ng pera na kanilang naisalba, habang $450 o mahigit P20,000 naman ang tuluyang nasira ni Cecil.
“We also called our bank and asked them what they suggested and kind of explained the situation. They said this actually happens from time to time, that dogs are really attracted to that smell and so if we are able to bring in bills that had most of the serial number from the left and right of the bill, they would be able to replace those,” sabi ni Carrie.
Sa kabila ng ginawa ng kanilang furbaby, hindi nagalit dito ang mag-asawa.
“He’s a sweet dog and I guess all dogs kind of have their day but yeah, never anything like this,” sabi ni Carrie. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
