Mail. It’s a tricky one, amiright?
We’ve all popped something in the ol’ mailbox only to have it be delivered to the wrong place, get lost in transit, or end up after a 26-year delay in the hands of an unwitting rando who just so happened to occupy the same address.
Oh, that last one hasn’t happened to any of you? OK, well, it did to an Illinois woman, who last week was bewildered to receive a postcard from Hong Kong sent to the former residents of her home way back in 1993.
Speaking to the State Journal Register, a local newspaper covering Springfield, Illinois, resident Kim Draper said she found the postcard in her mailbox on July 8, and that it was apparently sent from a father to his children, “Leena and Muhammad Ali Kizilbash.”
The postcard, which was sent exactly 26 years earlier, on July 8, 1993, features a picture of junks and sampans floating on Castle Peak Bay in Tuen Mun.
The postcard reads: “I’m having a good time in this extremely crowded place. These small fishing boats have small restaurants inside. They’re air conditioned and serve fresh seafood. Some time sea food still crawling on your plate. All kinds of sea weeds and food to increase your brain/muscle power and food to increase/decrease everything.”
The writer mentions that he misses Leena “very much,” and signs off with, “see you guys soon, your Dad.”
Draper, who told CNN that she had lived at her current residence for about four years, said the postcard was indeed delivered to the right address, just 26 years late.
It was dated July 8, 1993 — exactly 26 years before it showed up at a home in Springfield, Illinois. https://t.co/zyDgZHYMqY
— CNN (@CNN) July 16, 2019
Now the hunt is on to find Leena and Muhammad Ali Kizilbash. Draper says she found a Leena Kizilbash on Facebook in Massachusetts, but didn’t see a way to contact her to find out if she was the right person.
“I’d really love to get it back [to the sender or recipient], because I think that the dad may have passed by now, and if my dad sent me something, I would want it back,” Draper said.
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