Lost
Navy knit scarf with pinecone pin
Elmira-Corning
Lost
listing
Posted
4 months
ago
Description
I lost my navy knit scarf yesterday around 3pm near the Arnot Mall entrance in Elmira-Corning (Big Flats area). It's a medium-thick scarf, about 60 inches long, with a small brass pinecone pin sewn near the end and a faint coffee stain on one corner. I was walking from the mall toward the transit stop and think the wind whipped it away somewhere along the parking lot. It has sentimental value—my grandmother knitted it for me—so I’d really appreciate getting it back if anyone found it.
Approximate last-seen location
Elmira-Corning
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