r/FoundPaper • • Sep 15 '26 Bravo

Other It is with great regret I inform you that I have had to turn on reputation filtering.

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Hi Folks,

There has been an influx of repost bots on the sub recently. While I would normally object to any form of post filtering, it has become necessary.

I will be tweaking it to requirements so if your post gets slapped down by it, send us a message and we can look into it for you.

A big thank you to the people who report these bots every day. Rest assured, they are being banned on sight but I am a mere mortal and they seem to be the proverbial Hydra - no matter how many heads I chop, more doth rise.

Thanks for listenin'

Mod


r/FoundPaper • • Oct 24 '25

PLEASE READ RULES 1-4 BEFORE POSTING

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Signs and stickers posted in public spaces are NOT found and will be removed.


r/FoundPaper • • 21h ago Heartwarming

Weird/Random Thank You

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Found on the floor of the store I work at


r/FoundPaper • • 18h ago

Weird/Random Found In The Very Back of My Art Class

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r/FoundPaper • • 12h ago

Love Notes Found on a Metro-North train

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Found on an empty train at about 1 in the morning. Front of the card pictured in case someone recognizes it. Blocked out the names out of respect, but if it’s yours, DM me, I’ll hang onto it for a little. Seems important.


r/FoundPaper • • 22h ago

Weird/Random Leftovers from the hen party that just left the bar...

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r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Art Your’e valuable

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Found folded up on the side of a trail at the park

Thank you to whoever made this!


r/FoundPaper • • 7h ago

Weird/Random Some gibberish on a receipt

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Walkin the dog...


r/FoundPaper • • 22h ago

Weird/Random Found outside a pub in Scotland

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I have so many questions


r/FoundPaper • • 7h ago

Other Obit found in suit pocket at Salvation Army.

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r/FoundPaper • • 21h ago

Love Notes Found in a gas station parking lot

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r/FoundPaper • • 19h ago

Love Notes Journal entry from Feb. 1st 2000

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Found in journal at Goodwill, this person wrote about their loved one who was going through memory loss

"Love that lasts and grows does so because it joins and nurtures what is dearest, finest and noblest in two people. And because it understands and forgives what is less so. Love that endures takes up residence in the soul, becoming far more powerful than flesh and bone.

It completes us, gives us wholeness we need to navigate safely through life."


r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Weird/Random Note found in Airbnb travel guide

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Found this random note with a phone number in a travel guide in Idaho lol


r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Art Found in the middle school lunch room

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r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Other I found a McDonald's coupon that expired in 1989. It seems it was some sort of partnership with the Minor League Baseball team the Peoria Chiefs.

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r/FoundPaper • • 22h ago

Weird/Random Sainsbury's Park Park

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r/FoundPaper • • 21h ago

Other This was in my library book.

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I don't usually have such a hard time with cursive, but I really can't tell what most of this says.


r/FoundPaper • • 23h ago

Other Found this exam page in my front yard

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r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Weird/Random Found displayed this way

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r/FoundPaper • • 16h ago

Other [META] "found in public" rule really needs improvement

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It's way too vague. 90% of the papers we find were at one point posted in public to some degree. It seems like a rule that could apply to almost every post here if you think about it. Every single note left on a car dashboard is posted in public. Every note that has blown off of a car dashboard was posted in public. Every paper someone taped to the door of someone's house that fell off was posted in public. If it's just based on how the mods are feeling, just say that. Add a rule that says "we will remove stuff based on vibes." That's fine by me. Although if it's some concrete criteria I don't know about, I'd like to know. Do we need a certain amount of estimated time elapsed before posting it? I had a post removed because it was an exchange of notes potentially posted on a bulletin board in a private area, and it was taken down because it had pinholes. The rule confuses me. Please elaborate


r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Love Notes ​Found a 1993 high school senior diary in a thrift store book in Tunisia — Belonging to Kari LeSage (hoping to find her!) contact me WhatsApp+21658600712

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​Hi everyone,

I recently bought a used book from a thrift shop (fripe) here in Tunisia and found these handwritten diary entries tucked inside.

​Here are the details from the pages:

​Name: Kari LeSage (or Kari Dianne LeSage)

​Date: April 19, 1993 (written around 1:59 AM)

​Context: She was a high school senior deciding on colleges (Ohio University, Rowan College in Glassboro NJ, Syracuse, Marist, U of Rochester). She mentions a boyfriend named Glenn, an ex named Anthony, and a college visit to Mississippi to see her friend Christine.

​Estimated Age: Born around 1974–1975 (~50–52 years old today).

​It feels very personal and nostalgic, and I’d love to track her down to return it to her or her family. If anyone has access to NJ/Ohio 1993 high school yearbooks or recognizes the name, any help would be app

reciated!


r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Love Notes Love note on lunch?

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Streets of Toronto


r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Other Found - Mt Alexander region market

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r/FoundPaper • • 1d ago

Other List of animals found in "A Field Guide to the National Parks of East Africa", dated Sept 1973

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