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Tornadoes tore through four states on Friday, Dec. 10, traveling from Arkansas to Kentucky.

Items picked up by these tornadoes seem to have traveled for over 100 miles in some instances before being dropped in fields and yards across Kentucky and Indiana. 

A Facebook page has been set up to help reunite the owners of these items with their lost photos, toys and other keepsakes. 

Quad State Tornado Found Items has over 45,000 members and is currently seeing over 1,000 posts a day. 

It’s a remarkably efficient operation — sometimes connecting members with their lost mementos within minutes.

Here are a selection of the posts that have been made. Some are success stories, some are not — or at least not yet. 

Found in Princeton, Kentucky The original poster has found the owner of this keepsake. Photo via Lara Beth Wynn
Found in Jeffersonville, Indiana “Happy to mail it to owner.” Photo via Lisa Carvis
Found in Owensboro, Kentucky Commenters believe this photo depicts past students of Reidland High School, two hours away from Owensboro. Photo via Jason Dill
Found in Owensboro, Kentucky The back of the photograph says “Clay Groves 4 yr. 2006” Photo via Wayne Lewis
Found in Lewisport, Kentucky Photo via Anita Lamar
Found in Elizabeth, Indiana A check found an hour and 45 minutes from Hartford, Kentucky, where the person who issued it was from. Photo via Phil and Amanda Burns
Found in Hartford, Kentucky The original poster thinks he’s reunited this sign with its owner, located over 30 minutes away. Photo via Luke Troutman
Found in Symsonia, Kentucky Adams Gin Co., where the paper in this photo is from, is located around 150 miles from Symsonia and was destroyed by this weekend’s tornadoes. A commenter claims it belongs to him. The photo has yet to be identified. Photo via Jillian Murphy
Found in Utica, Kentucky The owner of this photo has been found, a mom in the hard-hit town of Mayfield, Kentucky, around two hours from Utica. Photo via Tammy McCubbins Rice
Found in Calhoun, Kentucky The back of the photograph says “Groves” and “2004.” Photo via Ann Fulkerson Howard
Found in Bowling Green, Kentucky ”Found 12/11/21 in Bowling Green KY. Couple hours after we were hit. Located in debris in the Springhill area. I cleaned Geoffrey and hoping to find its owner.” Photo via Brandy Lindsey
Found in Charlestown State Park, Charlestown, Indiana A commenter from Belton, Kentucky — over 150 miles from Charlestown, Indiana — says this is a photo of her and her brother. Photo via Kevin Wiseheart
Found in Paducah, Kentucky Commenters believe this photo comes from Monette, Arkansa, almost three hours from Paducah. Photo via Brenda Derr
Found in Derby, Indiana Photo via Robyn-Tod Kennedy
Found in New Albany, Indiana ”Hi everyone, my brother found this photo in his yard today in New Albany, IN. Please let me know if anyone recognizes. Thanks!” Photo via Tammy Jones
Found in Brandenburg, Kentucky ”Developed at Walmart in 2013. Does anyone know this person.” Photo via Tracy Board
Found in Rome, Indiana Commenters believe this photo was taken in the tornado-torn Dawson Springs, Kentucky, around two hours and over 100 miles from Rome, Indiana. Photo via Debra Rogier
Found in Brandenburg, Kentucky A torn photo of the former sheriff of Muhlenberg County, Charles “Eddie” Perry, who died in 2019. “Would like to return to the family,” wrote Stephanie Pawlak Black, who found the picture on her property in Brandenburg, which is around 100 miles from Muhlenberg County. Photo via Stephanie Pawlak Black
Found in Princeton, Kentucky A photograph and empty Michael Kors bag, found in a wheat field. Photo via Owen Kyler
Found in Bremen, Kentucky A pink Bible with a marriage certificate. No owner found yet. “Feel free to message me and I’d be glad to return them to their rightful owners.” Photo via Jessica Wellman

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