Mississippi couple finds Wisconsin man’s lost dentures in Gulf Shores

FLORENCE, Miss. (WJTV) – Whereas on a household trip, Aaron Welborn suited into his gear and went snorkeling at Gulf Shores in Alabama. 20 to 30 yards off the shore, he met eyes with pearly white tooth.

“They had been pearly white. They had been clear. They didn’t have any poligrip or something on them. They regarded model new,” stated Aaron.

On a mission to gather seashells for his spouse, Blaire, he shocked her with one thing rarer.

“I am going as much as her and I’m hiding them, so she will’t see them. I had been in search of massive shells for her, however I’m like ‘shut your eyes, you’re not gonna consider what I discovered.’ I used to be so excited. So, she closes her eyes and I drop them in her hand, and he or she opens her eyes up it’s not a shell. It was dentures smiling at her.”

Dentures value practically $2,000 with the title engrained Randy Williams on it. So, their quest started to return it to its proprietor.

“I used to be like I’ve to seek out this man. I used to be like there’s someone on the market that’s going to need these again. I went on Fb. ‘Hey, if you realize who Randy Williams is that’s received dentures, let me know as a result of I received his’,” stated Aaron.

They discovered Randy, a Wisconsin resident, who visited the seaside seven days earlier than the couple discovered his tooth.

“What are the percentages we discover Randy, however we additionally discover his tooth within the ocean per week later after he misplaced them. So I used to be like, that is by no means going to occur once more. We now have to profit from this so, the dentures adventures was born.”

As a substitute of a celebration of two, it turned a celebration of three.

“We took them to Krispy Kreme. We took them to Stylish Fil A. We sunbathed on the seaside. We constructed a sandcastle and put them in it. We soaked within the pool. All of the issues we did, the tooth did with us,” stated Blaire.

After the journey, they shipped the dentures greater than 800 miles away with a be aware.

“So, she wrote this four-page letter from the angle of the dentures,” stated Aaron.

“It was mainly the dentures story from the entire week. They had been separated from their dad, Randy, till we discovered them after which the entire week all their adventures that they had been on. The tooth informed the story again to Randy,” stated Blaire.

And there was additionally a warning connected to the be aware.

“Within the story it says to please please forgive him if his tooth– when he places it again in– they offer him a Southern accent as a result of they’d been hanging out with people who say ‘y’all’ like each different phrase, so it’s been actually enjoyable,” stated Blaire.

Randy promised to ship a photograph to the couple as soon as his tooth are in his possession. Randy and the couple are additionally planning to satisfy in particular person and trip collectively subsequent yr at Gulf Shores.