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Do you know Stephanie? Lost stuffed animal in Okanagan looking to go home

A stuffed Odie was found inside a portable toilet serving the Montana's Brier in Kelowna
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Kevin O'Neill is looking to get Odie back to its owner Stephanie and is looking to social media for help.

A Good Samaritan is looking to get a lost stuffed animal back to its owner. 

Kevin O'Neill, operations supervisor for Pit Stop Portables, posted to Facebook after finding a stuffed dog in one of the toilet units that had been used during the Montana's Brier held at Kelowna's Prospera Place. 

O'Neill found Odie, the dog from the Garfield comic, on Mar. 11.

"We find all kinds of things in toilets," O'Neill commented. "This little guy happened to be hanging on the wall, nice and clean."

While pumping the unit, the worker found the Garfield logo on a tag with writing that said, "To: Stephanie. Love Mom." 

"I thought maybe Facebook could be as good as everyone says at coming together and finding Stephanie."

O'Neill added that he knows first hand the heartbreak of a child losing a beloved toy and the joy that is found when the item makes it back to its little owner. 

"I have four kids... My son and I, when he was just one, we went on a bus ride and he left a little toy cat on the bus. Those bus drivers went out of their way to find that cat and put it in the front of the bus."

Waiting at the bus exchange, O'Neill said when the bus turned in the toy cat was sitting in the front window. 

"It reminded me of that and I thought it would be nice to get this back rather than just throwing it out."

With the amount of things that are left behind in portable toilets, O'Neill said it's common that everything just gets thrown out. 

Anyone who recognizes the stuffed toy and knows who Stephanie is can . 



Brittany Webster

About the Author: Brittany Webster

I am a video journalist based in Kelowna and capturing life in the Okanagan
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