Photo by Brenna Ehrlich
 
This isn’t really related to crime directly, but today I came across a dollar bill with this message on it: “Track this bill: www. wheresgeorge.com.”
 
I’ve always wondered where money has been. Did someone steal it? Die for it? Lose it? Or merely buy gum with it? Here was my chance to find out. I went to the site, created an account and looked to see where the bill has been.
 
Apparently, 1 year, 24 days, 17 hours and 12 minutes ago it was in the hands of “Railroader Jim.” Jim’s profile describes him as a 61-year-old from Minnesota. He’s an:
 
Old time computer geek, mainframe variety. Born, raised and lived most of my life on the East Side of St. Paul. When the winters got too cold for us we moved south. All the way to Hastings MN (it’s just a little bit warmer here, honest). Now that I live on a highway out in the country and my street is always plowed when it snows, every half hour or so. No more “Declared Snow Emergencies” for me where they make you go out and move your car or it’s towed. Favorite toy is my 2006 Harley Ultra Classic. Got it in April of 2006and ride it every chance I get.
 
So, now I know where the bill was a year ago– a place where streets actually get plowed. But where has it been since then? How did it get to Chicagoland? I guess we’ll never know. Still, if someone logs in after I spend it, perhaps we’ll know where it ends up.
 
Here’s hoping it’s involved in something exciting, like a heist of some sort.
 
Farewell George. I’m about to go buy a bagel.