Published: November 29, 2007
FAIRMONT, Minn. (AP) -- More than two decades after Aaron Giles lost
his identity bracelet, he's finding how it was discovered tough to
swallow. A meat cutter at Olson Locker in Fairmont came across the
shiny object in a chicken gizzard and saw a name, address and phone
number engraved on it.
''I've heard of livestock swallowing unusual objects, but this
situation stands out,'' Mark Olson, who owns the meat locker, told the
Sentinel of Fairmont.
Giles had lived in Fairmont as a child and played hide-and-seek and
other games with his brothers in their grandfather's barn near
Sherburn.
''I would spend most of my time out at his farm, and that's the only
place I can think of that I would have lost it,'' Giles said about his
bracelet on Thursday. The 31-year-old said he thinks the bracelet was
lost when he was 4 or 5.
The barn was dismantled a few years ago, and Giles thinks his bracelet
was imbedded in materials used to construct another barn in Elmore,
about 45 miles away.
The bracelet was found in a chicken that came from an Elmore farm.
Olson was able to track down Giles' father, who had moved to Arizona.
Giles, who now lives in Gloucester, Mass., said he received his old
bracelet in September.
''It was in pretty immaculate shape. Everything was working on it, and
all the engravings on it were still legible,'' Giles said. ''It was
quite the surprise.''
Giles said he expects the bracelet to stay in his family for many
years to come. ''I have no plans on trying to lose it again,'' he
said.
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