In 1949, Jack Wurm, an unemployed man was aimlessly walking on a
California beach when he came across a bottle that had floated up to
the beach containing this message: "To avoid confusion, I leave my
entire estate to the lucky person who finds this bottle and to my
attorney, Barry Cohen, share and share alike. Daisy Alexander, June
20, 1937." It was not a hoax. Mr. Wurm received over $6 million from
the Alexander estate. - from www.odd-info.com