Plenty of workers, especially those living in and around star-studded areas of California, have stories of celebrities walking into their stores. Those times can make for cool stories on their own, but what if you got to do even more?
After he visited a fruit stand, actor William Shatner left his wallet behind, leading the shop's owners to track down how to contact him and return his belonging.
The Fruit Barn Pacheco Pass Highway in Gilroy, California had a very special guess earlier this summer when Star Trek actor William Shatner came by to pick up some produce.
However, when he left, they noticed something left behind.
Lo and behold, the wallet belonged to none other than the Hollywood star who'd stopped by earlier.
The shop owner, Gary Tognetti, told The Washington Post that he recalled thinking, "You've got to be kidding me."
Officer Mark Tarasco with the Gilroy Police Department was who he thought to call, hoping someone would know how to get ahold of a celebrity.
"I told him, 'Hey, we found this wallet,' and he wasn't quite sure if I was telling a little joke," Tognetti told KABC-TV.
He said he got in contact with Sgt. John Ballard, who had some detective experience, and asked, "Hey, how do I get a hold of a celebrity?"
"It was a race to try to figure out who was gonna contact Mr. Shatner first."
Once everything was confirmed, they had the wallet shipped via FedEx on Thursday. It arrived safely at Shatner's home on Friday.
He shared the tweet seen above, shouting out both the stand, stand owners, and the Gilroy PD members who helped him get his wallet back.
"When you get to talk about something and laugh about it, and pass on the experience to other people – to include my family, my parents, big fans and all that – it's cool," Officer Tarasco said.
Tognetti is hoping he can find a way to memorialize what happened at his shop, saying, "I thought about putting a sign up, 'William Shatner was here.'"
h/t: People
