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Traffic chaos as drivers jump from cars to grab mysterious million dollars raining from Kuwaiti skies

AN intriguing YouTube video has captured the chaos caused when wads of cash blew over Kuwait City and people ran into the road to grab the notes.

It's raining cash in Kuwait

AN intriguing camera phone video has captured the chaos caused when wads of cash rained down on Kuwait City.

Drivers and bystanders ran into the road and leapt around trying to catch the notes that were wafting through the sky.

No one has any idea who or what caused the strange incident, which was captured in an astonishing video uploaded to YouTube on February 9.

No one knows where the million dollars came from.
No one knows where the million dollars came from.

Many news outlets reported that the episode took place in Dubai, but Middle Eastern newspaper The National confirmed this was not the case.

It said the presence of Burj Jasim building and a Fatburger restaurant by a car park in the video indicated that the incident happened in Al Murqab area’s Al Soor Street, in Kuwait City.

The notes blew through the streets in Kuwait City.
The notes blew through the streets in Kuwait City.

Hong Kong saw remarkably similar scenes in December, when a van full of cash worth $5.8 million spilled on to a motorway, The South China Morning Post reported.

Despite the notes clearly tumbling from boxes stored in a security vehicle travelling through the Wan Chai district, drivers and bystanders raced to grab as much as they could.

Two people were later arrested and 27 gave up the cash they had snatched to police after a search was launched to recover the missing money.

Bystanders ran through the streets pouncing on the money.
Bystanders ran through the streets pouncing on the money.

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