With the United States economy getting worse, more people may be inclined to hide their life savings somewhere safe.  This story tells us that hiding your life savings in a haystack might not be such a good idea.

Apparently an Ethiopian farmer decided to hide his entire life savings ($12,000) in a haystack.  Apparently rats decided to eat 25% of his cash portfolio.

The farmer was repeatedly advised to deposit his money in the bank, but he shunned such suggestions.  In three weeks, the rats had eaten a sizeable sum of this farmers life savings.

Whether this man decided to start using banks is a mystery.  One thing we can assume though, is that he will not allow the rats to manage the remainder of his cash portfolio.