Black North Face backpack with red interior
Description
Found a black North Face backpack this afternoon around 2:15 pm in the parking lot behind the Market Place Shopping Center on Rogers Ave, Fort Smith. It's a standard-size backpack, about 18 inches tall, made of black nylon with a red interior lining and a small faded mountain sticker on the front pocket. Inside I found a blue-covered spiral notebook, a 64GB USB-C drive, a folded umbrella, a panda keychain on the zipper pull, and a yellow star-shaped keychain on the front pouch. The bag is in good condition, zipper works, no rips, just a bit dusty from sitting on pavement; if it's yours, message me here with something from inside to verify, and we can meet up near the Fort Smith Public Library—I’m glad to help reunite it.
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