Boy finds stolen safe, solves 8-year mystery

Knox Brewer of Charleston County, S.C., became interested in magnet fishing after watching a YouTube video while in quarantine... — and the newfound hobby ended up giving the 6-year-old a chance at playing real-life detective. Magnet fishing involves using a powerful magnet to pick up metal objects underwater. During a Mother’s Day outing, Knox found something big and heavy at the bottom of Whitney Lake. With the help of a nearby stranger, the Knox family was able to pull it out from under the mud —. and once it was out of the water, they realized it was a metal safe. Inside was jewelry, credit cards and a checkbook. The safe ended up belonging to a woman who lived near the lake... who had filed a police report eight years prior after someone broke into her home and stole it. While the safe was missing a lot of the expensive things the woman had kept in there. it was still a pleasant shock to have what was left returned to her