00:00The adventure started with lots of screaming and waving.
00:03When Brody saw his fishing rod start to bend, it could mean only one thing.
00:08He had caught a hold of something big.
00:10His uncle realized he couldn't pull it up on his own and ran over to help.
00:14But no fish came out of the water.
00:16The men were afraid of losing their catch, so they carefully pulled the line out of the water.
00:21Once their catch was almost out of the water, they slowly started to see a leathery object appear.
00:27And no, it was not a fish.
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00:38It was meant to be a special fishing day for the 11-year-old Brody Brooks.
00:42And it sure was, but not in the way he had thought.
00:45His uncle had invited him to go out on the water with him.
00:49Brody had received a brand new fishing rod for his birthday and needed to test it out, of course.
00:54Brody and his uncle had chosen Lake Hartwell in South Carolina for their fishing adventure.
00:59His uncle had hoped to give him the time of his life.
01:03The day started with preparations for their escapade.
01:06The three of them talked amongst themselves while waiting for something to bite.
01:10Having to call the police on such a calm day was something they never could have expected.
01:15It turned out Ben was wrong.
01:17The boy soon thereafter started to scream that he had caught something.
01:21But once he realized what his nephew had caught, his excitement quickly turned to fear.
01:25He was fixated on what came out of the water, something he wasn't prepared for.
01:30Once the leathery object was out of the water, they were sure it wasn't a fish.
01:35It appeared to be an old bag.
01:37Not just any bag.
01:38The weight of the catch made it pretty clear that there was something inside.
01:42Oddly enough, all the contents of the bag seemed to be in good shape.
01:46There were a few shopping cards, lipsticks, and a comb.
01:50What happened to the owner of this bag?
01:52And how long had the bag been at the bottom of Lake Hartwell?
01:55Their find led to many questions.
01:58First and foremost, there were several photos of people in the bag.
02:01Based on the color and quality of the photos, they had been taken tens of years ago.
02:06It seemed like a mission impossible to find the owner of the bag.
02:09Or maybe not?
02:10But when they opened another pocket in the bag, they found the answer to the mystery.
02:15The bag had another pocket that could easily be missed.
02:19Inside were even more old pictures.
02:21Ben and Brody took the pictures apart so they could dry them off.
02:25One photo stuck out to the men.
02:27One of the people in the pictures was staring at them.
02:29They got shivers down their spines and called the police.
02:32Ben and Brody called the authorities.
02:35The uncle searched Facebook to find her name and her family and friends.
02:38In his search, he found her nephew's profile.
02:41Ben let him know that they had found the bag.
02:44The nephew was stunned to hear that they had found the bag at the bottom of the lake
02:48after all these years.
02:49He quickly called the rest of the family to let them know.
02:52On a certain day in 1992, April was at an event by Lake Hartwell.
02:57They were on a boat and decided to indulge in a barbecue.
03:01There were two boys fishing there and, I don't want to accuse anyone,
03:05but when we got back, I immediately realized that my purse was gone, April says.
03:10The worst part was that I had pictures of my son in the bag, the woman says.
03:14When Ben and Brody found her bag, her son was already 26.
03:18In the photos, he was just 15 months old.
03:21Her bag also held the copies of photos that she had made by a professional photographer.
03:26The photos now have water damage, but you can still see him clearly,
03:30she says with tears in her eyes.
03:32The boy and his uncle couldn't believe what had happened to them that afternoon.
03:36What are the odds of fishing an old bag out from the bottom of a lake
03:40and recognizing the owner from the pictures inside, Ben said.
03:44Brody was a little less pleased.
03:46Brody had gone out to test out his new fishing rod.
03:49His goal was to actually catch fish, but that didn't go as planned.
03:53Due to this unique catch, he didn't cast any more lines that day.
03:57Brody looked very disappointed at the end of the day, because he hadn't caught any fish.
04:02Pulling up an old leather bag during his first fishing trip was the last thing he expected.
04:08His uncle told him that he had caught a true treasure, but the 11-year-old didn't agree.
04:13The person who probably got the most joy out of that day was April.
04:17She was finally reunited with her belongings that she had lost almost a quarter of a century ago.
04:22April can't contain her excitement.
04:24She's overjoyed at the fact that she finally had some of her most precious belongings back.
04:29But she believed that there was a deeper meaning.
04:32There must be a reason why this happened now, she said.
04:35I'm sure that God will tell me why when the right moment is here.
