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'Ones rain from the sky': Rider drops cash from Iowa State Fair Sky Glider

'Ones rain from the sky': Rider drops cash from Iowa State Fair Sky Glider
I just dropped like, $100 bills off the skywalk just for the fun. Just so people can have *** few dollars one. Yeah.
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'Ones rain from the sky': Rider drops cash from Iowa State Fair Sky Glider
Some heroes don't wear capes, but they do carry cash.A fairgoer, who spoke to KCCI but didn't want to identify himself other than saying he grew up on the east side of Des Moines, dropped $100 in dollar bills from the Sky Glider just outside the Bud Tent Friday evening at the Iowa State Fair. Some from the East Side Night crowd hustled to pick up what they could as bills fluttered to the ground.Watch the video above to see the dollars drop.Andi Barnes was standing on the Grand Concourse and snatched a buck out of the sky. "He just all of a sudden took out this giant wad of cash and started making ones rain from the sky," she said.The do-gooder, sporting a long goatee and a "Dutton Ranch" hat from the popular "Yellowstone" TV series, said he's done it during previous fairs and will return to do it again this year. He just does it for fun — "So people can have a few dollars," he said. Click here for all of our coverage from the Iowa State Fair.Iowa State Fair: Viewers try reading the news at the KCCI booth Thursday 'I'm nervous': KCCI's Eric Hanson arm wrestles a viewer at Iowa State FairIowa State Fair: KCCI photographer Glen Biermann sings Friday's National Anthem

Some heroes don't wear capes, but they do carry cash.

A fairgoer, who spoke to KCCI but didn't want to identify himself other than saying he grew up on the east side of Des Moines, dropped $100 in dollar bills from the Sky Glider just outside the Bud Tent Friday evening at the Iowa State Fair.

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Some from the East Side Night crowd hustled to pick up what they could as bills fluttered to the ground.

Watch the video above to see the dollars drop.

Andi Barnes was standing on the Grand Concourse and snatched a buck out of the sky.

"He just all of a sudden took out this giant wad of cash and started making ones rain from the sky," she said.

The do-gooder, sporting a long goatee and a "Dutton Ranch" hat from the popular "Yellowstone" TV series, said he's done it during previous fairs and will return to do it again this year. He just does it for fun — "So people can have a few dollars," he said.

Click here for all of our coverage from the Iowa State Fair.

Iowa State Fair: Viewers try reading the news at the KCCI booth Thursday

'I'm nervous': KCCI's Eric Hanson arm wrestles a viewer at Iowa State Fair

Iowa State Fair: KCCI photographer Glen Biermann sings Friday's National Anthem