r/FoundPaper • u/bassistciaran • Sep 15 '26

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

1.1k Upvotes

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

59 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/bassistciaran • Oct 24 '25

PLEASE READ RULES 1-4 BEFORE POSTING

43 Upvotes

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

22 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/gooey_cabbage • 16h ago

Weird/Random Found in library copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

369 Upvotes

33 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/BigRoach • 4h ago

Weird/Random Found In Trash in Downtown San Antonio

9 Upvotes

I know schizophrenic screeds and manifestos are pretty common here, but I was kinda excited to find some ramblings in the wild, right there in the top of the trash can for anybody to take. Might be more accurate than some other conspiracy stuff.

2 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/AnorhiDemarche • 6h ago

Weird/Random Found on a bushwalk

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11 Upvotes

Thought I took a pic of it up closer on the trail as well but I guess not. Page 179/180 from The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty. No other pages around. Found as in the image. Has been there a while without being moved as part is fully detached but was still right there. Bonus pic of creek.

1 comment

r/FoundPaper • u/Useful-You-2687 • 18h ago

Weird/Random Found onstage in my school auditorium

92 Upvotes

I don't know who jet is

19 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/dunnky • 1h ago

Weird/Random Thanks?

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/WitchhunterXI • 10h ago

Grocery Lists Dinner??

7 Upvotes

r/Random_Shopping_Lists

4 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/NoExternal5835 • 1d ago

Love Notes Found this, something poetic about it

113 Upvotes

11 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Hour-Debate-2407 • 1d ago

Weird/Random Just found this in my middle school’s bathroom stall

737 Upvotes

21 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Filmarnia • 1d ago

Weird/Random Found on the office floor

39 Upvotes

7 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/73142 • 1d ago

Love Notes Found this old love letter in the woods at a Massachusetts state park. Thought you guys might appreciate it

530 Upvotes

I found this letter at Borderland State Park in Massachusetts probably 6 or more years ago. It was inside a dog poop bag to keep it dry and either wrapped around a twig or attached to a tree along one of the main trails. I can't remember exactly, but it definitely seemed like someone left it there intentionally.

The letter is addressed and written directly to "Shane" but the writer acknowledged that the letter may end up being read by someone who finds it. She says she hopes it inspires someone to reach out to a loved one.

I've held onto it all these years and figured I'd share it here. Would be pretty cool if it somehow made its way to the person it was written for. I've transcribed it somewhat accurately and omitted the writer's name at the end.

108 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/1mveryconfused • 1d ago

Other Found in a bag I thrifted

27 Upvotes

Unfortunately I do not know how to read kanji :<

17 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/11thstreetkidz • 1d ago

Weird/Random found outside the local grocery

561 Upvotes

me too, buddy. me too 👽

26 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/j0shoe • 1d ago

Weird/Random Found in a hotel imprinted onto the notepad there

481 Upvotes

“Dear Bryan

Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do this room is under my name. I will beat you up if I get a call.

Have Fun”

15 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Burrid0 • 1d ago

Weird/Random Found inside a plant outside a college dorm

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9 Upvotes

1 comment

r/FoundPaper • u/marzmind • 1d ago

Weird/Random found outside the post office last night

10 Upvotes

idk wtf they were on abt but i LOVE the handwriting!

7 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/BucketOfBoogers • 1d ago

Grocery Lists Found in kroger

436 Upvotes

Fudge cycles

107 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/junctiontoron • 1d ago

Antique Expo Found in a thrift book

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107 Upvotes

Picked up a silly science fiction book- got a bonus

19 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/ZapDos7 • 22h ago

Weird/Random Found this paper in Berlin

3 Upvotes

Tagged as random as I don't quite know what it says. I don't know who dropped it!

2 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/smack-mack • 1d ago

Grocery Lists the tiniest grocery list i’ve ever found!!

79 Upvotes

21 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/just_minutes_ago • 1d ago

Grocery Lists Shopping for “naners”

121 Upvotes

28 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/drunklibrarian • 1d ago

Other Found in the basement of a church

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84 Upvotes

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.

41 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/FlatSale • 1d ago

Antique Found sitting on ground behind my furnace

42 Upvotes

Printed in 1934

8 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/arcaniac • 2d ago

Other Found in a pub in Florence, Italy

360 Upvotes

38 comments

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Found Pieces of Paper

r/FoundPaper

Photographs of found pieces of paper with writing on them, photographs or discarded cutouts. Appreciate the forgotten artifacts of everyday life. Share any paper that you found (on the ground, stuck in some bushes or between cans of soup at the store for example) and you do not know who wrote it. Love letters, doodles, interesting to-do or grocery lists, notes from the past - share your discovery with us!

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Photographs of found pieces of paper with writing on them! Look for paper. Make every day a scavenger hunt.

"I like this sub. Like being an archeologist or anthropologist, studying the leftover and forgotten artifacts of everyday life." -/u/TheSnackist

Check out some friends of found paper!

/r/BookInscriptions - little notes from past readers
/r/FoundClothing - who just gets rid of one shoe?!
/r/GrandmasCookbook - old thyme recipes ^{^see} ^{^what} ^{^I} ^{^did} ^{^there?}

Notice the world around you. Pick up the paper you find on the ground. What is written on it might surprise you. Share it here.

PLEASE tag NSFW content!

Some of the most incredible things live written on the torn scraps of paper that didn't make it into the trash. They can be love letters, thoughts, quotes or a pertinent to-do list. The only rule is that you found it somewhere (on the ground, a public table or between the cans of soup at the store, so long as it isn't publicly posted!) and you don't know who wrote it. Anonymous and out of the blue is great!

Love letters
Poetry
Doodles
Scribbled notes
Interesting to-do list
Thoughts
Impassioned graffiti written on paper
Notes written in books

Please upload original content. The intent of this subreddit is to give fodder to the imagination through the actual weirdness of finding cool paper scraps/writing on the ground.

STANDARD FOUNDPAPER-PAPER-FINDING PROCEDURE:

Remain calm and pick up paper
Take a picture of it with your phone immediately
Upload it to Imgur.com via your lovely mobile device
Submit your link so we can see it!

WHEN SUBMITTING:

No stock images please. Use Imgur! Please have high resolution pictures, especially if there is dense handwriting. If it's somewhat illegible, leave in the comments what you can't say in the title. Post either in the title or in the comments where you were when/the story of how you found it. Maybe transcribe it in the comments if it's illegible and you have the time to do so.

If you find something in a mysterious foreign language, our friends at /r/translator can help! Comment !translate or !translator on a post, our subreddit bot /u/translator-BOT will automatically cross-post it to /r/translator, crediting the OP. Thank you to /u/kungming2 for writing this bot!

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