Filipino Fisherman Reveals 75-Pound Pearl He Kept Hidden For A Decade

npr ^ | 24 August 2016 | CAMILA DOMONOSKE

[DUMBGRUNT]

When he was moving out of his home, he decided to give the pearl to Maggay-Amurao for safekeeping instead of transport it with him — "since it's quite heavy,"...

In fact, the pearl weighs in at 34 kilograms, Maggay-Amurao says — or approximately 75 pounds.

[DUMBGRUNT]

A hard pillow, or a lumpy mattress?

[mountn man]

Let’s see June Cleaver wear that around her neck.

[BigEdLB]

Were any fishermen reported missing before that guy reeled that thing in?

[CivilWarBrewing]

I would love to have that. The opalescence would be sight to see. $100 million value they say. Unreal!

[DUMBGRUNT]

I always remember Tarzan being being held, with his foot in a giant clam; to be continued next week!!!

[DUMBGRUNT]

Let’s see June Cleaver wear that around her neck.

Or Barbara Bush??

[amorphous]

For the record, a 75-pound pearl would be 170,000 carats.

Thats a LOT of Carrots!! :-)

[DUMBGRUNT]

Yes, I would enjoy seeing the real thing!

[DUMBGRUNT]

That many, you think?

Good for your night vision, they say!

[tumblindice]

ZZ Top – Pearl Necklace Lyrics

She’s really upset with me again,
I didn’t give her what she likes.
I don’t know what to tell her,
Don’t know what to say.
Everything got funky last night.

She was really bombed,
And I was really blown away,
Until I asked her what she wanted,
And this is what she had to say:
A pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.
She wanna pearl necklace.

She better have a neck like Dick Butkis.

[right way right]

I give you sixty dollar...

[Lera]

That would make a real nice coffee table lol

[Calvin Locke]

Looking at the photo of it, I have say the clam really went baroque in producing it.

[SgtHooper]

That’s nothing. I passed an 80-pound kidney stone.

[blam]

[Celerity]

I wonder when China will lay claim to it.

[minnesota_bound]

With $100 million Maggay-Amurao will be the next presidete of the Philippines!

[Mears]

It was found in a giant clam.

Yowzah !!!!!!!!

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[Ditter]

He should have saved the shell too. Bet he didn’t.

[DUMBGRUNT]

With $100 million Maggay-Amurao will be the next presidete of the Philippines!

He may want to review Steinbeck's, "The Pearl", before any big moves.