July 24, 2025

What was in the World's Largest Time Capsule?

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In this episode, Johnny Mac shares five heartwarming stories: the opening of the world's largest time capsule from 1975 in Nebraska, the recapture of a runaway wallaby in New York, a bullied teenager escorted to prom by over a thousand motorcycle riders, a Danish family's bond with a wild Eurasian crow, and a man incorporating his father's ashes into his guitar fretboard. These stories highlight cherished memories, unexpected reunions, acts of kindness, and special family bonds.

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Hey there, I'm Chevny Mack with five good news stories,

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and boy, I'm starting to feel old. They opened up

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the world's largest time capsule. It was buried in nineteen

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seventy five. Dude, I remember nineteen seventy five. Whatever you

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put in a time capsule, I probably have some of

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that stuff in the house. All right. This was in Nebraska.

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Harold Davison had created the time capsule. His daughter Trish

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was there as the master of ceremonies, carrying out her

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father's vision for the grand opening of the time capsule.

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Inside stacks of letters and boxes, cassette tapes. I've got

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some of those in the other room. I can go

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get them right now if you want to hear him

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pet rocks. Remember that a teal patterned suit. Wait for this,

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an entire yellow Chevy Vega wrapped in a plastic tarp.

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I wonder how that held up. You get some money

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for that. Trish, the daughter, said, this is the culmination

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of fifty years of planning on part of my father.

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There were packages from I'm going to say three thousand people,

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letters and packages, letters to themselves, letters to the grandchildren,

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letters to the airs. So when they opened this thing,

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It started with a large concrete pyramid which was sealed

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over the time capsule as if it was like from

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the Pharaohs. They had to remove that with a cream now. Interestingly,

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the pyramid was added later on when they found out

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that this particular time capsule no longer had the world

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record for biggest time capsule in the world, so they

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went back and added the pyramid. Stephanie went there and said,

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my parents didn't think they'd be here fifty years later

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to retrieve it with us. She traveled from Colorado to

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get a cassette tape with a message from her mother

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and said, it's pretty special to know that their voices

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are in there. I haven't heard it in a long time.

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That's kind of cool. Mister Davison, who built the thing,

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had built a ventilation system to prevent mold growth. The

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daughter said probably eighty percent of everything put inside was

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retrievable and intact. Chris showed up from Virginia. He recognized

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his mother's handwriting and opened a letter that wished him

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a happy edation career in life. That is pretty cool.

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Good news, we captured your wallaby. The wallaby had been

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on the run for two weeks. In New York. You know,

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if I did this story in Australia, you'd be like,

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all right, a wallaby whatever. But in New York. Yeah,

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I did escape from a New York zoo. Dan is

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the director of the zoo, and he was worried about Mac,

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the walibe. Dan said Mac had been living her best life,

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living in the bushes, ignoring food laid out to bait

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her into traps. A vet was keeping an eye on Mac.

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Mac back safely now. A sixteen year old boy had

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been struggling at school and not fitting in due to

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learning difficulties, so more than a thousand motorcycle riders escorted

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the bully teenager to his prom. The young man wore

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a one of a kind black suit made by his

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mom and said, I never, in my wildest dreams imagine

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this many bikers would be in one place for one person.

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It's insane. I'm still in shock. I used to say

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I felt alone, but I don't feel that way anymore.

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The family expected around fifty bikers to show up, but

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a thousand did. They lined up to take photo, shake

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the young man's hand, pass on some kind words. Others

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brought birthday cards for him. Mom said the last three

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years were very difficult, but he kept going, did his

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exams and now he's all done. The young man has advice, saying,

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with bullies, if you just ignore them and power through,

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you can expect a great result. A Danish family has

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shared on Instagram a new member of their family. It

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is a wild Eurasian crow. The crow comes and visits them,

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including the dog, including the cats, but the crow is

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really there for Otto, the little boy. Yes, Russell, the

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crow shows up. Otto the boy had found the orphaned

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juvenile bird. Otto's mom and dad couldn't find anyone in

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the area to rehab the bird, so the family nursed

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the bird back to health, and over time the crow

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grew to trust the family. Now the family now has

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a young baby, and every now and then the crow

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comes by and tries to steal the baby's pacifier. And

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a man has put his father's ashes into the fretboard

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of his guitar, saying, the dad will still be with

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me at all the shows. Mark learned to lay the

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guitar from his father, who passed away on Christmas Day

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of twenty twenty two. Dad used to travel hundreds of

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miles to attend his son's gig, they'd have a beer

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and catch up. Mark's sister use some of her dad's

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ashes to make jewelry. That gave Mark the idea of

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doing the same for his guitar. His friend Sam runs

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Sam's Guitars. Sam said, first I was wondering how it

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would work. That the more I thought about it, and

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they did a few test runs on a spear guitar,

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neck I had it, and then I realized it wouldn't

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be too difficult to complete it. Mark said, We put

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some music on the background, had a couple beers and

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made a thing of it. Sam did the work while

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the shop was shut and was caring and really respectful.

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I wish Dad was still here, but doing this makes

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me feel like he's always going to be here with me,

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and you've always got your memories. This way, he'll still

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be with me at all the shows, and this has

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given me a sense of closure. And those are your

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