Jim Eldred, CEO of Setyr rods, lost his bank ATM card on a recent Boy Scouts family rafting trip on the Rogue River in Oregon. Before he realized it was missing, he received a call from the people who found floating near the shore.
When his group was ready to launch their rafts, they discovered they were one paddle short, so Eldred drove to a nearby store to rent one. He put his card in the pocket of his swim trunks, and it fell out during the float.
That was last Saturday. On Monday, he received a call from an elderly lady who'd found the card in the water while she and her husband were standing near the shore. She'd looked him up in the phone book.
"I had no idea it was even gone," Eldred said. "It was a Monday morning and I hadn't had to use it since."
He made the 1-hour drive from his home in Grants Pass to the couple's home in Shady Cove and picked up the card.
"It's kind of funny, but I never even found out their name. She came out and gave me the card and I thanked her, and that was it."
