I'm sure he lost the key for that long and just found it back in an old backup HD.

No way a normal Bitcoiner would have way that long to move it to a multisign or hardware wallet more secure.

nostr:nevent1qqstk7xq505q9fjtffzfc9zlhczanf85ya7zza8hq2asg0phukc0ucqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtczyr5dvegeusa3y99vdrul90dugwrdgxkxdvsvtgnqhxcyzqncgp6wjqcyqqqqqqg846hr5