![]() TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains graphic details of childbirth trauma and infant loss.Ī couple in Atlanta, Georgia, experienced a devastating loss that by all stretches of the imagination seems impossible. The hawk that had presumably dropped the snake really wanted it back. That would be more than enough all by itself, but that's not where this horror story ends. Before she could even wrap her mind around what was happening, the snake coiled itself around her arm and began to strike at her face, repeatedly hitting her glasses. Peggy Jones, 64, told Fox 26 Houston that she was driving her riding lawnmower in the yard of her home in Silsbee, Texas, when out of nowhere, a snake landed on her from above. I mean, it's a real-life story that starts with a snake falling out of the sky, for crying out loud. And I'm only a little bit sorry for sharing it because it's also one of those stories where every detail gets more and more incredible (or in this case, worse and so much worse). You know how sometimes you read a story that seems like it couldn't possibly be true, and when you find out it is, you think, "Yeah, I didn't actually need to know that could happen"? Never underestimate the vast power of an online community! “My favorite thing about this whole thread was reading the stories of why these items meant so much to the owner, seeing how the loss left scars, and getting to see hundreds of people come together to heal these childhood hearts.” 400 people got to feel the same flood of relief and nostalgia rush over them the way I did,” said Moon. At last count, I believe there were around 400 lost items found. “It was truly astounding to see how much effort and time people took out of their own lives to help someone find an object that held so much significance to them. It turned into a mega thread boasting over 7,000 comments, with members posting items they were looking for-everything from dinosaurs to baby blankets-and getting multiple replies in return asking, “is this it?” Later, she posted a thank you in the group that ended with the postscript: Feel free to use my post to describe childhood toys you lost and wished you could find copies of, maybe the group will work its magic for others. After giving a description of her beloved blue dog, another member of the group posted a link to an exact replica for $30! Moon purchased it immediately. Reading through the comments, she realized that one of the 2.8 million members recognized the item: her husband’s aunt was the Aunt Tootie, and the toy had once belonged to him! What were the chances? The group sprang into action, bought the toy, and shipped it to the original owner.īolstered by this, Moon expressed to the group how happy she was to see the item returned to its original owner, and shared how she’d searched the internet high and low for her own lost item. She found a community of like-minded people on social media who enjoyed sharing their “ weird and wonderful second hand finds.” One day, as she was scrolling through the posts, she spotted something that caught her eye: a knitted toy with a personalized label on the arm, created by someone’s Aunt Tootie. ![]() In the back of her mind, she was always thinking about her dog and wondering where it ended up. As an adult, she enjoyed perusing thrift stores and admiring second hand items that once belonged to other people. Years passed, but Moon never forgot her toy. That stuffed animal went everywhere she went for years, until one devastating day when she lost him at a local fair. It was such an integral part of her life that her grandfather would carry it around when she couldn’t-he could always be counted on to be in the stands at her basketball games, holding up the dog to cheer for her. The stuffed animal brought her security and comfort. Her grandfather eventually recovered, and from that day forward she was never without her dog. She immediately dialed 9-1-1, and when the emergency responders who arrived on the scene recognized how traumatized she was after witnessing the event, they consoled her with a blue stuffed dog. One day when they were home alone, he suffered a massive heart attack. Moon was raised by her grandfather, who struggled with chronic health problems. For Mavis Moon, however, social media is what helped reunite her with a long-lost family member: a blue, stuffed toy dog. ![]() Sometimes, that connection can restore old relationships or begin new ones. ![]() Many of us associate connection with social media: connection to the world, to friends and family, and perhaps even to others who share their ideas and hobbies. ![]()
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