A MAN who stumbled upon a wad of $8,000 in cash on a road has shocked readers by what he did next.

Rick Saulnier’s was walking his pooch, Buddy, when he came across the money on Rollins Street in Groveland, Massachusetts.

Rick Saulnier was shocked when he stumbled upon $8,000 in cash on the side of a roadCredit: WBZ News

Rick said he thought the wad was ‘monopoly money’Credit: WBZ News

The owner says Buddy insisted on sniffing out a different route back home when the cash caught his eye on the side of the road.

“Without him I wouldn’t have gone down there,” Rick told WBZ-TV.

“I saw it on the side of the road. I thought it was Monopoly money!

“The cash was about $8,000 and the checks made it up to $12,000.

“That’s a good amount of money.”

Rick immediately went to Groveland Police, who appreciated the altruistic deed.

He continued: “It made their day, they said, because a lot of people might not have done that.

“I don’t know. I’m hoping that this shows people that’s what you’re supposed to do.”

The money, it turns out, belonged to a small business owner who dropped the sum as he hurriedly headed for the bank.

After being told about Rick’s generous act, he knocked at his door to shake his hand and say thank you.

“I always feel like I have my own integrity and that’s the one thing they can’t take away from you. I would hope that somebody would do that for me,” Rick said.

BAGS TO RICHES

A New Hampshire woman was left stunned after finding a bag of money outside a grocery store.

Sonja O’Brien of Greenville, New Hampshire – less than 10 minutes north of the Massachusetts border – was visiting friends in the Lakes Region when she stopped at a local grocery store to pick up dinner supplies.

After pulling into the parking lot, O’Brien said she saw a large truck for Brink’s security pulling away from the store with the back door open.

She told the Laconia Daily Sun that she attempted to flag the truck down, but it didn’t see them.

However, the truck did eventually stop and close the back door before pulling out of the parking lot.

As O’Brien walked toward the store, she noticed a “fat bag of money.”

She explained that the money appeared to have a label for Brink’s security.

Inside, she said she found stacks of $1 bills that totaled around $1,000.

O’Brien said the customer service attendant inside the Hannaford was also stunned at the large amount of money, saying that it had never happened before.

After giving up the cash, an employee offered the good Samaritan a $20 gift card for her act of kindness, but O’Brien said she turned it down.