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Priceless Stolen Teddy With This Woman’s Late Mother’s Voice Recording Is Returned After Ryan Reynolds’ Ransom Offer

Mara Soriano from Vancouver, Canada was recently moving apartments when she got a phone call from a friend that completely derailed her train of action. As Mara rushed to help her friend, she left her bags unattended. One of them had a particularly priceless item inside: a teddy bear with her late mom’s voice recording on it that was snagged away in a moment.

After Mara issued an online plea to help find her stolen teddy bear, the internet-wide search began. And it was led by one of the most loved people on the planet—Ryan Reynolds, who promised “$5,000 to anyone who returns this bear to Mara. Zero questions asked” in a tweet on July 26.

Three days later, Reynolds came back with happy news that blew up over the internet with everyone being able to finally sleep well. And when it seems that you can’t possibly like RR even more, he proves us wrong by earning extra karma points yet again.

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Ryan Reynolds, who led the search for Mara’s bear, reminded everyone once again why we like him so much

Priceless Stolen Teddy With This Woman’s Late Mother’s Voice Recording Is Returned After Ryan Reynolds' Ransom Offer

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Mara posted this online plea asking for help to find the last remaining things she has from her deceased mom, which were stolen

Priceless Stolen Teddy With This Woman’s Late Mother’s Voice Recording Is Returned After Ryan Reynolds' Ransom Offer

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Priceless Stolen Teddy With This Woman’s Late Mother’s Voice Recording Is Returned After Ryan Reynolds' Ransom Offer

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In a previous interview with Bored Panda, Mara recounted how she got her beloved teddy bear stolen. “My fiance and I were moving into a new apartment with the help of our two friends. We rented a uHaul truck to bring all of our belongings over, one of our friends decided to bike over to the new apartment and meet us there.”

But as soon as they got to the loading bay, “we got a call that my friend was hit by a van!” Mara immediately ran out of the uHaul to see her friend. “I dropped everything I had and just assumed my fiance would pick up the backpack full of important items.”

Everyone started looking for the bear, with Ryan Reynolds putting out a $5,000 reward and an unlimited supply of gin for it

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Priceless Stolen Teddy With This Woman’s Late Mother’s Voice Recording Is Returned After Ryan Reynolds' Ransom Offer

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Unfortunately, Mara’s fiance and the other friend were in the back and didn’t even realize that there was the bag to get. “Thankfully, my friend was okay, but by the time we realized the bag was gone, it was already too late,” Mara said.

And that bag had Mara’s famous teddy bear—that is, a memento to her mother, who gave it to her before passing away after a 9-year-long battle with cancer. The little bear has an inbuilt voice recording of her mother saying that she loves her and will always be with her.

Priceless Stolen Teddy With This Woman’s Late Mother’s Voice Recording Is Returned After Ryan Reynolds' Ransom Offer

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And, finally, Mama Bear is home!

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VIDEO: @drawmaradraw has been reunited with her teddy bear that contains her late mother’s voice. Says two good samaritans returned the bear Tuesday night after taking it from the original thief. @cbcnewsbc @CBCAlerts @CBCDeborahGoble @VancityReynolds #FOUNDMARASBEAR pic.twitter.com/G2UCiPaCRG
— Dan Burritt (@DanBurritt) July 29, 2020

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Reynolds was over the moon to break the happy news to everyone

Priceless Stolen Teddy With This Woman’s Late Mother’s Voice Recording Is Returned After Ryan Reynolds' Ransom Offer

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Reynolds, who is known for his humanitarian side, including his frequent work with SickKids, numerous donations to Black Lives Matter causes, and COVID-19 relief, stepped in to help with Mara’s bear search. He offered a solid reward of 5,000 dollars to whoever had it or found it, and was over the moon to break the happy news on Wednesday morning.

Reynolds tweeted a thankful post adding that his hometown “Vancouver is awesome.” His tweet received 10.2K retweets and comments and 140.5K likes, showing just how many people were happy with Mara’s reunion.

And everyone was so grateful for the wonderful news

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The most wholesome person on the planet badge goes to… you need not guess whom

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Evelína Zlá 4 years ago

So nice when internet is actually used like this... :)

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KombatBunni 4 years ago

It's great to know that there are actually good people out there, isn't it :)

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Scagsy 4 years ago

Yay! I was rooting for this! I hate thieves but them aside, people are great, particularly Ryan Reynolds - didn't have to do anything, but just like a real-life superhero, he swung into action. The man's a legend.

19points

Lydia Coy 4 years ago

Like i said. Deadpool IS NOT evil

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Lou Lopez 4 years ago (edited)

I'm glad she got the bear back, but whoever stole her s**t after her friend got hit by a van deserves anything a be everything they get. Especially since the iPad had videos of her and her mom. That's f****d up s**t.

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Naomi Armitage 4 years ago

yeah, the other article said it was already in the hands of someone other than the thief, so all her personal stuff was probably deleted. AGAIN, I hope I'm wrong about this.

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Lydia Interiano Dalton 4 years ago

agreed.

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Noel Bovae 4 years ago

Agree! It blows my mind that a person can see something that doesn't belong to them, and their first thought is "Score!" My first thought is "omg i have to find who this belongs to, they're probably sick with worry." And being poor is no excuse either. I'm dirt poor, can't even afford toilet paper half the time, but I'd still NEVER steal from someone. I've had things stolen from me, and it's an awful feeling. A feeling that i never wish to cause anyone else. ... Well maybe i would to a thief, so they know how it feels when they do it to others.

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Evelína Zlá 4 years ago

So nice when internet is actually used like this... :)

31points

KombatBunni 4 years ago

It's great to know that there are actually good people out there, isn't it :)

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Scagsy 4 years ago

19points

Lydia Coy 4 years ago

Like i said. Deadpool IS NOT evil

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Lou Lopez 4 years ago (edited)

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Naomi Armitage 4 years ago

yeah, the other article said it was already in the hands of someone other than the thief, so all her personal stuff was probably deleted. AGAIN, I hope I'm wrong about this.

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