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Woman Wants To Find 'Spider-Man' Who Returned Lost Wallet

The Frankfort Square resident's wallet was returned with a note signed by a well-known wall-crawler. Now she wants to thank her hero.

FRANKFORT, IL — Superheroes aren't known to frequent Frankfort. But the village might be the home of a certain wall-crawling web-slinger if the note left with a returned lost wallet is to be believed. And now the wallet's owner wants to meet her good Samaritan hero.

Colleen Lee Wiatrowski, of Frankfort Square, lost her wallet containing money, credit cards and identification over the weekend. She's not sure where she accidentally left it, but she said she thought it might have been somewhere in Tinley Park.

That was Saturday, June 9. On Tuesday, June 12, Wiatrowski was shocked to find her lost wallet in her mailbox. All of its contents were still intact, and none of the credit cards had been "used or charged," she said.

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In fact, the wallet had been returned with something extra, a handwritten note that stated:

"Dear Stranger,
"Restoring faith in humanity one good deed at a time. Found this in the street, be more careful next time.
"Love, your friendly neighborhood Spider Man"
The handwritten note from "Spider-Man" returned with Colleen Lee Wiatrowski's lost wallet. (Photo by Colleen Lee Wiatrowski

But instead of shedding light on the identity of her good Samaritan, the message has only deepened the mystery for Wiatrowski.

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"I am so crazy about how he signed [the note]," she said. "I just would love to meet my hero."

Curiosity, though, isn't the main reason Wiatrowski wants to find out if her Spidey has a Peter Parker secret identity. Mostly, she's grateful for the act of kindness and would like to thank her hero properly.

"It brings me to tears to know that we have such great and good people in this world," she wrote in a Facebook post about the note. "[T]hank you my Spider-Man!"

One thing is certain: This proves that Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson doesn't know what he's talking about when calls Spider-Man a menace.

Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (Image via Marvel Comics)

The handwritten note from "Spider-Man" returned with Colleen Lee Wiatrowski's lost wallet. (Note photo by Colleen Lee Wiatrowski | Spider-Man photo via Shutterstock)

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