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“Found Paper”: 50 Lost And Forgotten Messages That People Discovered Out In The World
How often do you actually pick up litter off the ground? Most of us probably ignore it, assuming that it’s someone else’s problem. But if you’re brave enough to grab a piece of paper that was drifting in the wind, you might be rewarded with an incredibly amusing or entertaining find.
A community that knows this experience all too well is the Found Paper subreddit. This group is dedicated to sharing photos of the most random notes, letters, advertisements, and more that people stumble upon in unexpected locations. Enjoy scrolling through these pics that might inspire you to keep an eye on the ground from now on, and be sure to upvote the ones that you’d love to have context for!
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#1
Found During A Late Night Walk In The Park (Poem?)
I live in Poland, but by some coincidence I can read Korean! From what I can read, it seems to say:
"I'm not a poet, but sometimes I put my thoughts on paper, and sometimes they flow into a rhythm.
I'm not an artist, but sometimes I paint my emotions, and sometimes they look quite good.
All I want is understanding and love.
And all I can do is write about it and paint it as I understand it."
I actually really like this poem... I wish I knew who wrote it
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#5
1 Week To Go
Found it just like this
#6
Ordered A Retired Bbw Fragrance And This Business Sized Card Was Tucked Into The Package
#7
Found On My Morning Walk Near The Woods By My Very Secluded House
Very bizarre find this morning! Apparently a card from the 1974 board game for The Waltons. Knew it was some kind of sign & sent it to my mom, who used to love The Waltons. And it’s in good condition, so surely hasn’t been there long. Off the side of some random road in the middle of nowhere no one ever walks????
Beak Hookage 1 hour ago
"And we will make American families more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons!" Pres. G.H.Bush
#8
Found This Gem At The Park
#11
Found While Renovating An Old Train Car
I’m renovating an old caboose and found these inside a bench. Thousands of papers which appear to be all the shipping ledgers from 1899 to 1950s
Jen Mart 55 minutes ago
Cool !!!! we would sing this if we saw a caboose : Little red caboose, chug chug chug, Little red caboose, chug chug chug, little red caboose is on the train train train train. Going down the track track track track , Some stack on his back back back back, little red caboose is on the train
#13
A Note Written 118 Years Ago In An Autograph Album Asking Who Would Be Reading It In 100 Years. Here We Are
I was going through an old autograph book given to me by my dad from 1908 and stumbled across this entry written by Maggie L. Lange to her friend Hellmuth in Spangle, Washington.
Maggie wrote a short poem wondering where the book would end up 100 years in the future and who would be turning its pages while thinking of them. It felt a bit surreal to read her question well over a century later.
#18
Name Tag Found On The Sidewalk By A Courthouse
#19
Found This On My Way To Work This Morning
The text in the dog says "true good boys respect consent".
#23
Found In A Book I Bought At An Estate Sale
#26
Strangely Aggressive Paper Found In Park
#27
Found Sitting On Ground Behind My Furnace
Devin Schmitt 2 hours ago
If your phone service is interrupted, how are you going to call for repair?
#30
Found This 1960s College Notebook Of A Medical Student
University of Baghdad. Looked like a good student. I hope they had a great future and career since then.
#31
Found In A House My Husband And I Are Renovating
We bought a little lake cottage a month ago and it's a total gut job. We know the husband passed away a year or 2 ago and that the wife was recently placed in dementia care by her daughters. We found this note behind floor moulding in the bathroom. The juxtaposition of "Thanks for playing!" against "These are for sadness" is jarring.
#32
Found Outside The Post Office Last Night
#33
How Healthy Is This Person?
#34
Found A Clipping Of A Newspaper From 1953-54 In A Book From 1952 At A Rummage Sale
#35
Found In The Basement Of A Church
My kids have Scout meetings in the basement of a church that also hosts AA meetings. This was sitting on a counter near some coffee grounds and sugar. Enjoy the delightfully retro and original counter top in the background.
#39
Found Onstage In My School Auditorium
#41
Found At A Gas Station. This Should Be Criminal. Only $74/600 Goes To The Principal Of The Loan
They will be paying on this loan forever with that interest. Ridiculous.
Devin Schmitt 2 hours ago
We bought our house back in 1995. We're paying off our mortgage this week, right around $100,000. The purchase price of our home? $250,000.
#43
Outside A Gas Station In Central Florida
“Keep this for reference
Some great places in Scotland to visit”
#46
Found On A Locker Room Bench
#49
Found In An H-E-B Women’s Restroom
Found while cleaning the restrooms on the job. This is the dark side of H-E-B nobody talks about…
Purple light 4 hours ago
What is a H-E-B and why are its buddies sacrificed to chocolate covered almonds?
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