Imagine seeing something unexpected on the ocean floor: a heavy-duty safe tucked into the seabed off Shark Bay, a stretch of water in Western Australia known for historic shipwrecks and hidden relics. When local resident Quoin Sellenger heard that a friend had spotted the mysterious box through the clear water, he and his 13-year-old daughter hopped on a jet ski and hauled the heavy object up to see if it might contain lost treasure, gold or jewels that legends often associate with the region’s underwater past.
Once the safe was on dry land, Sellenger recruited a friend to help crack it open, curiosity building as they wondered what secret its steel walls hid. After cutting into it with an angle grinder, they discovered that the much-anticipated bounty wasn’t gold at all, instead, inside was a single packet of beef jerky, long expired but surprisingly preserved, leading locals to suspect it was a prank rather than genuine treasure. Sellenger has since handed the safe over to Western Australia police as the odd find continues to amuse and intrigue the community.