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NH man gains fame, new car after stranger posts about inspiring work ethic

Photo courtesy of Joanna Griffiths/Facebook

BELMONT, NH — A viral Facebook post left one hardworking New Hampshire man with a new car and instant fame.

Joanna Griffiths of Belmont posted a photo to her Facebook page of a Dunkin Donuts employee working the drive through. Griffiths didn't know the employee at the time of the posting, but wrote about how she saw him walking to his second full-time job at the Big Apple later that day. It turns out the employee had walked eight and half miles from one job to the other.

Inspired by his work ethic, Griffiths felt compelled to share the experience.

"The moral of the story is this, if you are an able bodied person, there is a job out there for you," Griffiths wrote in her post, which has been shared over 20,000 times since being posted on July 6.

"This man walks 16 miles every day between both his jobs, making minimum wage at both," Griffith wrote. "This man shows that if you are motivated, ambitious, and WILLING to work, it IS possible."

Griffiths also pointed out that the man was making minimum wage at both jobs, which is $7.25 an hour in New Hampshire. According to Griffiths, if the man didn't work and chose to collect state and federal aid, he would be making more than both of his jobs combined.

As the post began to spread, the man was identified as Kyle Bigler of Gilford. Strangers began reaching out to Bigler, offering him different jobs, according to NH1. The Autoserv in Tilton took it one step further and gave Bigler a free car.

Read Griffiths' full Facebook post below or click here to be directed to her page.

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