In 2018, a young eight-year-old girl from Homer named Rosalina lost her beloved stuffed unicorn "Piggycorn" in a local park. So, she made a poster with a picture of Piggycorn that read simply — LOST: Piggycorn. Favorite food: cheese. If found, please call...
Well, a man named Matt saw the poster and shared it on his social media. Then, a woman named Debbie saw it and shared it with her friend Marissa, a fishing boat captain who happened to be fishing down in Seattle.
A few days later, Rosalina’s mother, Mekeisha Smith, received this text: “𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢. 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘗𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘺𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦. 𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰.”
Soon, they began to receive updates about Piggycorn's adventures, with pictures of Piggycorn and Pickles on a boat in Seattle painting, fishing, watching movies with rainbow snacks, and napping on unicorn sheets. When it was time to send Piggycorn back, Marissa decided that the two friends had become inseparable, so she tucked Pickles and Piggycorn in together and mailed them home along with several gifts as a reminder of their adventure.
Later that year, in December 2018, Marissa and Rosalina met in person since she had returned to Homer. They exchanged gifts and she and Rosalina stood at the front door to sketch unicorn horns into the window panes before parting.
Dave interviewed them both five years later so they could relive the special moment and share what it meant to both of them. Now 13 years old, Rosalina is still very shy, but smiles and perks up at the thought of Piggycorn and Pickles. And Marissa? She took the time to make magic for a kid she didn’t know.
Now the two are forever friends, real-life bonding over a mythical creature.