Maybe he is building a nice story to sell his "precious" wallet file that is password protected mildly corrupted to give you a hope of recovering thousands of Bitcoins

Edit: Oh yeah he is a scammer, just checked his post history.
Hello scammer

how is your day ?
Thank you for the advise
I know it sounds to good to be true and lately I've sounded crazy to family and friends when I ask for help with
In 2009 I was sitting in the waiting room at Abilene regional hospital when I purchased the Bitcoin I spent 20 dollars on pay pal
I love how you added the hospital to the story so it hits right in the heart man, I cried like a little baby.. and the family! because you would never lie to your family, so it must be truth! Crème de la crème...
Maybe we can exchange wallet files, I bought my coins as well in 2009 for a hundred bucks - at the time I was saving Ethiopian kids with my dying wife...
At least some forum people have place to advertise their gambling sites thanks to your posts (your kind of people),