Contents of Oregon's mystery safe revealed

Contents of Oregon's mystery safe revealed

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Story Published: Jun 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM PDT

By Associated Press

ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - Remember that old safe that was found not so long ago, deep in the bowels of a fish cannery in Astoria?

Plenty of people speculated about what might be inside, even as a locksmith had to be called in to crack the code.

Was it gold, emeralds, diamonds, rubies or just stacks of cash?

Turns out, it was none of the above.

Instead, Floyd Holcom of the J.O. Hanthorn Cannery Foundation tells Oregon Public Broadcasting, it was full to the brim with canned fish.

Holcom thinks it's salmon, but he's not sure - and there aren't too many volunteers willing to taste the fish.

The safe itself is more than 100 years old.

But Holcom thinks the fish isn't more than a few decades old.

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