A distraught tourist has been reunited with his cuddly sloth toy after losing it on the underground and offering over £4,000 for its safe return.
The Chinese tourist named it Bread and referred to it as his “toy child”.
He also referred to himself as the ‘Bread Village Mayor’.
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The tourist, 20s, even celebrated the it’s birthday and slept next to it in bed every night.
The unnamed man lost Bread at the Sagrada Familia metro station in Barcelona, Spain, on 9 June.
He believes a thief mistook it for a purse containing cash.
After Bread disappeared, the man changed his travel plans and stayed in Barcelona to search for it.
He even offered a reward of £4,235 (€5,000) for its safe return.
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However, helpful online users warned that the reward might be too much and lead to extortion.
As a result, he lowered it to £423 (€500).
He said: “Many people might not understand, but Bread is more important to me than my job, my degree, or my possessions.
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“I just really want to hug him again, no matter what it takes.”
The tourist’s problems were further complicated when his passport was stolen during his search.
A local Chinese woman offered him accommodation and Chinese university students helped to distribute flyers.
He then received the news he had been hoping for on the evening of 15 June.
A tube station cleaner saw the tourist’s flyer and later found Bread in a gap between a ticket machine and a wall.
The overjoyed man was reunited with his beloved toy the following day.
He said: “I have never received so much kindness in my life, I am truly thankful.”
He embraced the cleaner and happily handed over €500 for finding Bread, as reported by What’s the Jam.
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