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Then, she looked left, then right, and walked out of frame. The video ended abruptly.

He began to pick at the grime near the base. Layer after layer of paper came away until his fingernails hit something plastic. Tucked behind a rusted metal plate was a weathered, waterproof blue envelope. video_2020-10-12_10-01-48_mp4

The footage was grainy, shot from a high vantage point—perhaps a third-story window. It overlooked a busy intersection he recognized instantly: the corner of 5th and Main, just outside that very coffee shop. Then, she looked left, then right, and walked out of frame

In the frame, a woman in a bright yellow raincoat stood by a lamp post. She wasn't looking at her phone or crossing the street. She was looking directly up at the camera. As the clock in the bottom corner ticked to , she reached into her pocket, pulled out a small, blue envelope, and taped it to the base of the lamp post. Layer after layer of paper came away until