From the popular social media platform Reddit comes the incredible story of a young woman recovering her iPad lost two years before while traveling in the US.

It started on a forum, called a sub-Reddit on the site, for Columbus Ohio—a 23-year-old Australian woman shared a bizarre personal situation “in hopes of, [I don’t know], a miracle.”

An iPad which she said carried hundreds of photos and a 2D animation project she was working on had suddenly sent an alert to her phone, showing her that it was in Columbus, and had just been turned on for the first time in over a year.

It told her with pretty good precision where the iPad was: an address in Hilliard, a suburb of the state’s capital.

“I’m not sure what to do, I’d feel pretty silly calling the local police as I live in Australia,” she wrote, before adding that she did really want to have it returned to her if possible, because she was still upset about losing it. “I’m wondering if anyone has any advice.”

Humor, good advice, words of encouragement, and friendly welcomes began to flood the post. The early general consensus would be that the “OP” or “original post” author, should file a police report with non-emergency services.

Then, a breakthrough. A local in Hillard found the address. Someone suggested it might be in the self-storage facility nearby that location.

Then, people began to suspect that with the address in Hilliard, the iPad had been found by and was now sitting at e-Cycle, a local repair and recycling shop for devices.

Then, 7 days ago, Kylee, an employee at e-Cycle, found the post.

“My company works with used technology and our office is located right there. I can almost guarantee its in my office,” she said.

“Hey guys update! IM SO OVERWHELMED, I can’t believe the response this has gotten…” the Australian woman said. “An employee (@kyleetheshinystealer) saw this post because apparently it’s a used electronics shop and I’ve sent them through my serial number, who they in turn have sent through to their boss, so my fingers are crossed that they will find it and hopefully we can sort something out that it can get posted and make its way back home!!!! Feels very finding Nemo to me right now.”

E-Cycle came through for her. Their employees found the device, confirmed it to be hers with the serial number, and organized its return.

“It is not uncommon for people to email us, having seen their device show up at our location,” said e-Cycle in a statement to an NBC affiliate. “In those situations, we always work with each person to reunite them with their missing devices whenever we can.”

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