A Canadian woman was reunited with her long-lost junior high ID after 40 years when it was found inside an 'old and crumbly purse' buried in man's yard, police say

• A woman from Canada was recently reunited with her long-lost junior high school identification card.
• The card was discovered inside an "old and crumbly purse" buried in a man's backyard, police said.
• The ID's owner couldn't believe it when police notified her that the card was found 40 years later.

Talk about a blast from the past. 

A woman from Canada was recently reunited with her long-lost junior high school identification card after it was discovered inside an "old and crumbly purse" buried in a man's backyard more than 40 years later, local police said.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said when it notified the owner of the 1981-1982 Wellington Junior Secondary School ID card — a woman only identified as Lori — she thought it was a mistake or that someone was "playing a joke on her."

"She was initially skeptical but after a picture of the ID was emailed to her, she laughed when she saw her ID from her junior high days," police said. 

A homeowner found the school ID in an old purse while he was in his backyard digging a fence post hole last month and later turned it over to police "not knowing if it was associated [with] a missing person case or not," authorities said. 

"I'm thinking the purse had probably been stolen and the thief had dumped it in the hole. Over the years, I probably just forgot about it," Lori was quoted saying in a police press release. 

Lori was reunited with the long-forgotten ID card in early April, according to authorities.