An Oklahoma farmer's iPhone that was lost when it fell into a grain elevator has been returned to him unscathed after it was found in Japan.

Kevin Whitney lost the phone in October when it slipped out of his shirt pocket as he was unloading grain from a truck into a silo in Chickasha. The load travelled to a depot in Louisiana and was loaded onto a ship bound for Japan.

A worker at the Japanese facility phoned a counterpart in Louisiana, who then called Mr Whitney in late May asking if he had lost an iPhone. He said he was glad to get the phone back as he had thought photos on it from his daughter's wedding were lost forever.

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