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Man who found £6 million inside storage unit ended up having to give it back

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Updated 11:19 10 Oct 2023 GMT+1Published 11:12 10 Oct 2023 GMT+1

Man who found £6 million inside storage unit ended up having to give it back

Storage Wars really can be a gamble

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

Imagine suddenly having millions in cash. The things you could buy, the things you could do.

But then a bunch of lawyers come demanding it back. All those dreams crushed before they ever came true.

That’s what happened to one bloke, according to Storage Wars' Dan Dotson.

Any fan of the show will know that it's luck of the draw when it comes to exploring the storage units, with some containing a multitude of hidden treasures while others are packed to the brim with rotting furniture and useless papers.

Dotson knows this all too well, but he had no idea he'd sold one of his most valuable lockers ever until he was approached by a stranger some time later.

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Dotson was at a Cars, Stars and Rock N’ Roll charity auction event in Indio, California in 2018 when he heard the news, and later recorded a video of himself explaining the situation.

The cash was found in a locker.
Dan and Laura Dotson/YouTube

In the clip, he said: "This lady comes up to me and she says, 'I want to tell you this story. My husband works for a guy and he bought a unit from you, and it had a safe in it...'

"Inside the safe, normally they're empty, but this time it wasn't empty. It had $7.5 million (£6.1m) cash inside the safe."

Dotson told The Blast the unit had been bought for just $500 (£411), meaning they found 15,000 times what they forked out.

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We can only imagine the celebrations that took place after the discovery, but things quickly turned sour as the buyer was contacted by an attorney who represented the original owners of the storage unit.

Dotson recalled how the attorney offered the buyer $600,000 in exchange for the money back, but the buyer obviously wasn't willing to let go of their millionaire status too easily. To be fair, that would be a hard thing to let go of.

He ended up with millions.
Dan and Laura Dotson/YouTube

After they declined the offer, the attorneys came back with another number, this time in the millions.

"They doubled it to $1.2 million and they gave them $1.2 million in exchange - I guess [the buyers] gave them back $6.2 million," Dotson said.

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The host went on to ask viewers whether they'd do the same as the buyer and give the money back, or 'keep it and run for the hills'.

According to The Blast, Dotson’s co-star, Bargain Hunters Thrift Store owner Rene Nezhoda, expressed belief the money could be mafia or cartel-related because 'if you find money like that, there’s probably a reason it isn’t in the bank'.

Featured Image Credit: @auctionguydan/Twitter

Topics: Money, TV and Film

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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