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Found xylophones near Falls Park, Sioux Falls
Falls Park
Found
listing
Posted
about 3 hours
ago
Description
On Friday at 7:20 p.m., near Falls Park in downtown Sioux Falls, I found a large, weathered instrument case tucked behind a bench. Inside, a stack of xylophones and a tangle of mallets spilled out, their colors dulled by sun and rain. It felt like stumbling onto someone's late-night jam session, and a wave of responsibility hit me — I hoped to get them back to their owner. I carried the case toward the park's information kiosk by the entrance and waited a moment, just in case the owner wandered by with a memory they'd left behind.
Approximate found location
Falls Park
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