Shoutout to the Toronto Good Samaritan!
I bought a cheap replacement strap for my Garmin last week. This morning, I woke up, realized my watch was missing, and headed straight to the gym to retrace my steps. No luck.
Later, I checked the Garmin app and was shocked to see it had actually synced to my phone that same morning. I rushed to a park I had walked by and found the watch safely tucked away under a bike rack. Someone had found it on the ground and hid it there so it wouldn't get crushed or stolen.
Lesson learned: buy quality watch straps! But most importantly, a massive thank you to the honest person who saved my watch.