The man handed over the cash and promptly left (Picture: New Zealand Herald)
New Zealand police are searching for a mysterious man who approached a pensioner, handed him £4,000 ($5,000) in cash, and walked away.
The anonymous 78-year-old said he was approached by the man, thought to be in his twenties, who asked for him by name and handed him an envelope with the cash.
After the pensioner asked for an explanation, the mystery man replied: ‘I’m just a delivery man.’
The bizarre incident occurred on December 20 last year, and police are yet to discover the man’s identity as public interest continues to grow.
Just days before handing the pensioner cash, the same man arrived and asked for him, but his daughter told him her father was not at home.
The man in question was dressed in black shoes, shorts and a backwards hat, and has black hair and a beard.
The pensioner was handed 100 $50 bills (Picture: Stock)
Police still don’t know who the man is (Picture: New Zealand Herald)
After fearing gang-involvement, the pensioner and his wife have gone to live in a hotel for a period.
The pensioner said he had been living at a home that wasn’t registered in either his or his wife’s name, so he’s unsure how the man found out he was living there.
But the pensioner had only reportedly worked ‘white collar jobs’ and set up a number of businesses throughout his career – raising more questions as to why he was handed cash.
The pensioner told the New Zealand Herald: ‘How would he know who I was? How would he know where I lived?
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‘I would have thought that anyone who knew me would know I would call the police straight away. I was always going straight to police.’
He also cannot think of anyone who owes him money, despite having helped out others in the past.
He added: ‘I can’t think of anyone who owes me money. It’s a complete mystery.’
Private investigator Danny Toresen told the NZ Herald he had never heard of a similar event of ‘an unannounced, unexpected and unaccountable delivery of cash’.
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