Three days after his wife disappeared in a kayaking accident, an Anchorage man answered his door to find two grim-faced Alaska State Troopers. “We’re sorry Mr. Wilkens, but we have some information about your wife’s disappearance,” said one trooper.

“Tell me! Did you find her?” Wilkens shouted.

The troopers looked at each other. One said, “We have some bad news, some good news, and some really good news.  Which do you want to hear first?”

Fearing the worst, an ashen Mr. Wilkens said, “Give me the bad news first.”

The trooper said, “We’re sorry to tell you, sir, but this morning we found your wife’s body in
Kachemak Bay.”

“Oh my God!” exclaimed Wilkens. Swallowing hard, he asked, “What’s the good news?”

“The trooper continued, “When we pulled her out she had 6 twenty-five pound king crabs and 12 good-size Dungeness crabs on her and according to state law the profit from harvesting and wholesaling those crabs goes to the next-of-kin”

Stunned, Mr. Wilkens demanded, “If that’s the good news, what’s the great news?”

The trooper said, “We’re going to pull her up again tomorrow.”