The human on one of this days off (Monday the 17th) is doing normal human things with his phone. Texting some people and making a couple of calls. Afterwards he proceeded to do other human things around his house.

Now since he is not working, he is not wearing the trousers he normally wears while working, which happens to have a pocket he uses to put it in. He is wearing jeans today, which does not have an appropriate pocket. So he tends to lay the phone down in weird places while not using it.

He decided he needed to do another necessary human thing of food procurement at the grocery store in the city. If you don't remember, he lives out in the country. Before leaving, he goes to pick up his phone, but no mater how much he searches, he can't find anywhere. He know it has to be around the house, since that is the only place he has been all day. His mate can't help because she is at work and he has no way to contact her due to not having his phone.

He needs to go to the grocery and he can't spend all day looking. Before he goes, he writes a note for his mate to call his phone and try to find it when she gets home. She should most definitely get back home before he is. About a couple of house before he will be back.

His mate comes home and read the note. Calls his phone. Walks around the house inside. Walks around the house outside. Nothing. Now I don't know it this an app or she has to contact the provider, but she "pings" his phone. She can see on a map where it is and has been.

Looking at the timeline, she can see it was at their house about an hour so ago. Then forward through time, she sees it go down their driveway, turn, and go on the road an pickup speed. Ultimately it ends up in the city where the grocery is at. It is very apparent where his phone is at so she waits for him to come home.

He returns. She shows him on her phone where his phone has been. They go out to his van. I should mention that his van he uses for work is not a full size one or really as big as a minivan either. It does have two side sliding doors and double back doors. Anyway, they start looking for his phone...but still can't find it. So she calls his phone. Ah ha! They can hear it. Still can't find it nor figure out where the sound is coming from in. Of course this would be a disappointing story if they never found it.

Surprise! They finally find his phone. In a very, very, unexpected place... It was sitting on the left corner, of the rear...bumper.

Yeah. All the bumps, turns, highway speeds, wind, acceleration...and it stayed on the bumper... He showed me where it was laying and there didn't seem to be too much friction holding it in place on the textured rubber on the top of the bumper.

After finding it he said to his mate something like, "This is a good thing. It shows I'm a safe cautious driver." Knowing her, I don't think she was all that impressed with his statement.