“If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably lost countless items throughout your life. As a kid, I couldn’t go two days without misplacing a pair of gloves, a hat, or even a shoe.
However, sometimes lost things have a knack for finding their way back to us, as evidenced by these 13+ remarkable stories.”
“Found & returned a $5000 ring that was lost for almost 5 years while underwater metal detecting!”
It’s truly remarkable karma for that diver to have returned that ring! Merman Mike seems to have an unusual hobby of traveling to communities and assisting them in retrieving lost valuables from lakes. It may be peculiar, but it’s undeniably noble!
“My friend just returned from a 7 month deployment. This guy had my favorite sign in the crowd of friends and family.”
“Well, it’s good to see you’re still kicking, but…”
“Is this still about the $5?”
“Well, considering I had to make this sign, it’s more like $7 now.”
“You spent $2 to make that sign?”
“Perhaps…”
“Must have dropped my keys after I locked my car. I came back to this.”
“I thought the last line was, ‘Give me a hug,’ which would have been just bloody adorable…or maybe a bit sad?”
The Cat Returns…With A Friend!
This unfortunate cat owner wrote, “My cat went missing for 2 days, so I posted an ad on Facebook. 5 minutes later, my cat showed up at the door. 30 minutes after that, my neighbour came and dropped off what he thought was my cat. Now I have two identical cats.”
“Friend’s GF returned from a trip to find someone else’s undies in her drawer. She got mad. He knew what to do.”
People often do the laundry for the people they’re having affairs with, right? I’m not entirely sure if this is true; I don’t watch enough soap operas to confirm!
“My best friend realized he lost his ID when we returned from vacation, Faith in humanity restored.”
I initially enjoy seeing these stories, but then they just make me angrier when I inevitably lose my ID, and it never turns up…
“Grandma passed away. She saved every picture we ever did from every grandchild in a folder for each of us to have when she died. Found this in mine lol.”
This is incredibly heartwarming. I’m not tearing up, you are! I’m sure it’s worth a fortune… but it’s probably best to hold onto it for safekeeping.
“Found a rolled up oversized portrait of my 4-year-old self in a storage box.”
Wow, he’s hardly aged at all! They got this lined up perfectly; it’s quite eerie!
Old Friends Reunited…
The heartwarming backstory behind this one goes like this: “In 2005, my family visited the Ninh Binh province of Vietnam, and my 4-year-old brother took a picture on a water buffalo with its owner. In 2020, we returned for the first time and met the same man and the same water buffalo.”
“Someone is missing their snips back at the plant.”
The individual who misplaced these items has already pointed fingers at everyone in his workplace, accusing them of theft.
“Woman finds her cat alive sixteen days after a destructive tornado in Joplin, Missouri, in 2011.”
I find it amusing how that cat appears completely indifferent to being rescued. It seems as though it’s been abruptly awakened from a peaceful nap and is utterly incensed about it.
“Found my old, still working MP3 player with more than 3000 songs of my late teenage years.”
Wow, Reel Big Fish! It’s been ages since I’ve heard that name, and frankly, I wouldn’t mind going even longer without hearing it again!
“Worked at Target 4-years-ago and I was notorious for forgetting my name badge and ‘borrowing’ someone else’s. Just found these.”
This individual mentioned, “My favourite tactic was using the new team member badge so I could always rely on the excuse ‘Sorry I’m new, let me get someone who can assist you’,” which is quite clever.
“Someone shot an [arrow] in my yard today… I left a note [in case] they return for it.”
The person who shot this arrow is fortunate that they’re not retrieving it from someone’s head!
“Just found a lug nut in my fruit bar.”
“Congratulations! If you find this lug nut, you win the prize – a surprise trip to the dentist!”
*Sounds of discomfort and murmuring.
“Pulled a weed and it unearthed a lost tennis ball.”
The harvest looks fantastic this year! Once you wash that off, you can add fresh tennis balls to your supper!
“I think this little guy got lost at the factory.”
This whole thing is just a massive ploy to make people like candy corn. It’s not going to happen – that dream is dead and buried.
“I lost my keys at the beginning of [a] snowstorm […]. The snow and ice is finally melting.
I’ve experienced something similar before, except it was with my phone, and I never found it once the snow melted. I simply lost my phone in a snowbank.
From One Pocket To The Next.
A classic finders keepers tale: this user shared, “I found a 1944 Liberty Dime in my cash register today. I slipped it into my pocket, only to discover later that I had a hole in it. I thought I’d lost it forever until I felt something under my foot as I walked… turns out it had slipped straight down into my shoe!”
“Somebody lost their Lost DVDs at the bus stop.”
Seems like whoever lost it will have to go back, huh?
“My dad found a Japanese rifle he lost as an 8 year old in 1966 in the wall of a wheat house at his homeplace.”
It’s an incredible discovery and quite a coincidence, but how does someone manage to lose a gun in the first place?
“McDonald’s lost part of the drink machine in my orange juice this morning.”
It’s akin to a Happy Meal, but geared towards adults and considerably more inconvenient.
“These lost and found cats in the classified ads match each other’s description.”
This really gives off vibes similar to “Escape (If You Like Piña Coladas)” but without the almost-cheating aspect.
“This birthday card was lost in the mail for 2 years, and the ink from the bill transferred to the card.”
Ben Franklin seems quite annoyed at having been trapped in that card for so long, but hey, better late than never.
“Local tire shop has a jar full of various things they’ve found inside of popped tires.”
I suppose some doctors might have similar sentiments when they’ve found things in people’s… well, it’s probably better not to dwell on that.
“A lost and forgotten tomato seed is growing out of my kitchen’s sink hole.”
Ah, the classic drain pipe harvest. At least it’s easy to water!
“Was cutting down a tree at a golf course and found a golf ball wedged in it.”
Must have been one hell of a powerful shot…a bad one though, nonetheless. Also, you could just count the rings around it to see how long it has been there!
