Someone is hiding cash around the Twin Cities— but why?

A new social media accountthat’s stashing cash around the metro for anyone to find is taking the Twin Cities by storm — but no one seems to know who’s behind it.

The big picture: For the past three weeks, anInstagram account called Find The Cash Twin Cities has been posting videos of someone off-camera hiding anywhere from $50 to $250 in cash in random places, like in a flower bed outside Mall of America or taped to a sign pole at Minneapolis Institute of Art.

  • The account does “cash drops” four times a week and has rapidly grown to over 77,000 followers, with many of the drops now being found by followers within a few minutes of the videos appearing online.

The intrigue: Though there are several similarly-branded accounts in cities like Dallas, Atlanta and Nashville, there’s no indication who may be behind the apparent displays of generosity in the TwinCities or nationwide.

  • The only…

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