LITTLETON, Colo. -- A 19-year-old man who said he was given $50,000 in cash by his father to help him start a new life, lost it on a Littleton street Thursday and police said that several dozen people stopped to scoop up $100 bills that were scattered.

Police did not interview the man but said a couple on their way to church found $31,000 of the money and turned it in to police. Shannon Gunning and Daniel Morrone told police that they saw about 20 cars stopped in the same area, with the drivers picking up loose $100 bills.

Police said said no one has come forward to return any of the missing money, other than the couple. The couple said they were driving along when they saw the bills flying everywhere and scooped up as much as they could.

"It was fun. We held on to it for a few minutes, took pictures with it," Gunning said.

Lucky for the owner of the money, the couple really are Good Samaritans. They work with teenagers in the Catholic Church and they believe this is an important character lesson.

"This would be a great opportunity to tell them that this choice was in front of us, very tangibly, and very tempting. Temptation was there but we were able to make this huge choice with $31,000 in our hands," Morrone said.

The man who lost the money told police he mistakenly put the money on the roof of his car and drove off, dropping it on the street, on West Mineral Avenue, between Platte Canyone and Santa Fe.