Found
Orange Halloween bucket with black handle
Killeen / Temple / Ft Hood
Found
listing
Posted
about 1 month
ago
Description
Category: Seasonal Items — I found an orange plastic Trick-or-Treat bucket with a black handle this afternoon, outside the Fort Hood PX near the north entrance. It's about 10 inches tall and bright orange, with a white skull sticker on the side and a small chip on the rim. There's a dent on the bottom from when it was dropped, but it's still sturdy. It seems like it belongs to a kid’s Halloween costume set. If someone lost it, I’d really like to help get it back.
Approximate found location
Killeen / Temple / Ft Hood
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