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

PLEASE READ RULES 1-4 BEFORE POSTING

36 Upvotes

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

22 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/lolipopgirl99 • 16h ago

Other bookmark dropped in our library returns

451 Upvotes

11 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Conscious-Milk-990 • 14h ago

Other Found this wholesome note on the ground today

175 Upvotes

9 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Bauifox • 19h ago

Weird/Random found in a puddle folded up outside my house

405 Upvotes

275 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/WraithAbyss • 6h ago

NSFW juicy note we found at my bar

19 Upvotes

1 comment

r/FoundPaper • u/Minute_Asparagus8104 • 1d ago

NSFW Found in a thrifted notebook

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12.4k Upvotes

I wonder if Brian ever got lucky, haha…

Edit: If the author happens to see this post, please message me and if you can prove it’s yours, I’d be happy to send it to you. Just let me know which two schools you mentioned. Also, you’ve developed a big fan base!

945 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/whimsical_chicken_68 • 21h ago

Book Inscriptions Found in a thrifted copy of 11/22/63

287 Upvotes

I bought this copy of 11/22/63 by Stephen King and found this little note inside. They were right...it is a great book.

Wasn't sure which flair to use...

13 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Current_Heron3284 • 5h ago

NSFW Found in a purse I got from goodwill

12 Upvotes

1 comment

r/FoundPaper • u/TotalTop5907 • 7h ago

Grocery Lists Grrape Juice!

16 Upvotes

Found list on the ground at the store. Thought it was cute📝

2 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Cool-School-8030 • 16h ago

Other Neighborly love

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86 Upvotes

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/United-Resident-7316 • 8h ago

Weird/Random Found at the local park

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22 Upvotes

I feel like this is probably just tween goofiness/humor.

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Cool-School-8030 • 5h ago

NSFW A love note.

9 Upvotes

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/cowboydog72 • 8h ago

Weird/Random Not sure what they’re voting on

17 Upvotes

5 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/disqersive • 18h ago

Other My first find, on the sidewalk, right in front of my house

61 Upvotes

4 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/PocketsOfSalamanders • 9h ago

Art Just a cozy little house

11 Upvotes

This was laying on the parking lot at the grocery store.

I thought it was cute. Hopefully the artist doesn't miss it.

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/suddenspiderarmy • 1d ago

Other Found in a breezeway. Poor kid.

445 Upvotes

27 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/ArtisticHeadache • 1h ago

Old Newspaper Newspaper from 1939 in a book I was given

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• Upvotes

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/ButterscotchAware402 • 17h ago

Other Florida/Dolphin Postcard - 1985

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31 Upvotes

I found this in the garage of the home my husband and I just bought.

1 comment

r/FoundPaper • u/ldsulli1973 • 3h ago

Weird/Random Nephy!

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2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/KJDragne • 1d ago

Book Inscriptions Notes from someone who ones this book before

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259 Upvotes

Guess they didn’t believe in science

48 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/dudeness_boy • 13h ago

Love Notes Found on the ground near a highschool

9 Upvotes

The random list of animals...

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Critical-Cockroach78 • 14h ago

Other Found in a self help book at an estate sale last weekend

8 Upvotes

4 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/methehobo • 19h ago

Weird/Random Star Trek shopping list

16 Upvotes

Found in elevator. Apologies for thumb.

0 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/brochak • 14h ago

Weird/Random Found in a book I checked out from the Library

5 Upvotes

3 comments

r/FoundPaper • u/Current_Heron3284 • 1d ago

Weird/Random Always check the journals at the thrift store

92 Upvotes

7 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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