Marcie Callawaert's TikTok account has more than 47,000 followers.
Imagine losing your wallet in the ocean and giving up hope, only to see the sea return it to you months later. That's exactly what happened to Marcie Callawaert, a resident of a remote island near Tofino, British Columbia. While walking on the beach with her dogs, she came across a familiar sight among the rubble washed up by the tide: her own wallet, lost since June 2023.
It had been months since she accidentally dropped it overboard while boarding a boat.
“I didn't zip up the pocket of my backpack where the wallet goes, and I heard the splash as I got into my boat,” she said. CHEK news on Thursday.
Ms Callawaert, known for documenting her off-grid island life on TikTok (with more than 47,000 followers), had previously accepted the wallet's disappearance after a diving search turned up nothing.
“I had a diver take a look to give me some peace of mind,” she said.
But fate had other plans and the ocean delivered a remarkable surprise.
The ocean, often seen as a force of immense power, played surprisingly gently with Marcie's wallet. As the salty embrace claimed the zipper, the rest of its contents – cash and cards – emerged unscathed.
“I knew immediately,” she says. “It stopped me right in my tracks.”
Although the wallet only contained about $20 in cash, it surprisingly kept all of her cards and identification, remarkably preserved even after spending eight months at the depths of the ocean.
“The only damage is the zipper was corroded,” she said.
Marcie Callawaert's video has gone viral on TikTok, with a total of over 7 million views, and I have been contacted by media and agencies around the world.
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