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Jim Murphy, a performance coach for professional athletes, had just finished giving a motivational talk on “living your dreams” at the Pneuma Church in Ladner, B.C., on May 29 when he says a man wearing a backpack approached him.

Ron Shore told Murphy he enjoyed his talk and would like to have coffee with him sometime. He said his sister-in-law had died from breast cancer and he was trying to raise $100 million for breast cancer research.

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Murphy was distracted; he was in the middle of signing books and others wanted to talk to him.

But something Shore said caught his attention.

He disclosed he had a $9-million golden eagle statue in his backpack as part of his fundraising efforts. And he had another piece of art valued at about $50,000 in his car.

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“Why did you say that?” a woman accompanying Shore said to him.

“I’m sure I can trust Jim,” he replied.

Murphy was a bit confused.

Why is he telling me this? Is it true? If it is true, I’m not going to ask him to show me because that could be dangerous.