`Robin Hood` appeared in Germany

Mystery donations of thousands of dollars have been turning up across Germany, sparking talk of a new Robin Hood. A total of 190,000 euros have been left around the Lower Saxony city of Braunschweig, stuffed into letterboxes and behind church hymn books.

One donation, of 10,000 euros ($12,400) in 500-euro notes, was found stuffed into an envelope and left under a doormat at a local hospice. "I say it`s maybe Robin Hood," hospice manager Michael Knoble said.

The money is usually accompanied by a cutting from the city`s newspaper, the Braunschweiger Zeitung. The paper will not be trying to uncover the donor`s identity, saying it prefers the fairytale.


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