Yooper comic hosts weekly challenges to make a extra optimistic mark in the neighborhood

IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (WLUC) – A Yooper comic hopes to make your week brighter with a problem that comes with a payout.

Every week, Tim Ellison hides a bag with no less than $20 out of his personal pocket for “Payday Friday.” He invitations the group to check their detective expertise with video clues about hiding spots within the grander Iron Mountain space.

Ellison says the thought began in October 2024 with hiding $20 behind a Walmart, and the spur-of-the-moment sport turned one thing bigger. Local companies like Iron Mountain’s Exhale 906 are including extra payments to make “Double Paydays.”

Ellison says he needs to interrupt doomscrolling on social media with one thing optimistic.

“I’m just trying to put something out there that’s not that, something that people can get together and just have fun, but there’s no negative behind it,” Ellison stated. “There’s no bad thing about it; it’s just fun. It’s pure, for no reason, let’s go have fun.”

He says folks of all ages are having fun with the hunt, and he’s shocked that the group finds the hidden bag so rapidly.

Ellison drops clues each Friday on his social media. You can discover him on Instagram @the.actual.bubs or his Facebook web page here.

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