Andy Dalton needs help finding luggage that fell out of his truck (updated)
Success! Andy Dalton's luggage was found and returned to him and his wife:
#bagsearch2016 is officially over! Thankful that Robert found our bags. The power of social media is real! pic.twitter.com/3lzPnef0FL
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 11, 2016
Here's to story of what happened to them:
Twitter can be used for many things. Mostly, these days, it's used to gin up faux rage over something for a few hours until someone's life is ruined and the mob moves onto something else.
On Wednesday, however, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton found a whole new use for the social media outlet: trying to find his luggage that fell out of his truck in the Dallas-Forth Worth area.
Even NFL quarterbacks can have really bad days like that.
If anybody in DFW traveling from 75-635 towards the airport finds 2 black suitcases on the road please contact me. Fell out bed of our truck
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 10, 2016
Rough start to the morning...
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 10, 2016
Thanks for those spreading the word. If you happen to have them, send a pic. And trust me...I know this is a long shot. #bagsearch2016
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 10, 2016
The funny thing about this is that Dalton might have held out a sliver of hope that more than 157,000 followers and the others who heard about his plight through retweets would take the matter seriously. On the bright side, some folks had some chuckle-worthy replies:
Hoping @andydalton14 remembered to tag his stuff at the airport. pic.twitter.com/wHiT6BXzhD
— Killer Frogs (@Killer_Frogs) February 10, 2016
@andydalton14 I think I found one @BarstoolBigCat pic.twitter.com/6tGHD4N5Ri
— Ryan Poverman (@povey_3) February 10, 2016
@andydalton14 @BarstoolBigCat found it Andy DM me for pick up details pic.twitter.com/HE1BHd9fgi
— Matt Vicars (@JaxonMatthew) February 10, 2016
@andydalton14 I have your bags in my very unsuspicious white van. I will return them for 1 million dollars. Send a $250,000 deposit for pics
— Jonathan Beames (@jbeames9) February 10, 2016
Good luck to Dalton finding those bags. He might want to consider securing his luggage in his pickup next time.
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