'I Have Done That:' Woman Spends 25 Minutes in Walmart Looking for Her New Truck. There's Just One Problem

'I think someone stole the truck.'

Woman spends 25 minutes in Walmart parking lot looking for her new truck

Photo by: @sav.lilduffy & m

Nina Hernandez

By: Nina Hernandez

Jun 21, 2025 at 5:00pm ET

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A Walmart shopper recently experienced one of any car owner’s worst nightmares. When she finished shopping and returned to the parking lot, she realized her brand-new truck had been stolen.

Except it wasn’t. She’d just forgotten what it looked like.

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Her tale is inspiring people to share their own embarrassing stories about losing their vehicles and offer practical advice for anyone else who finds themselves wandering around without a clue where they parked.

TikTok user Duffy (@sav.lilduffy) posted a video about her experience on June 18. In the video, she is sitting in the driver’s seat of her new truck. She says that she spent 25 minutes searching for it after finishing shopping.

She explains, “I just got a new truck a couple of weeks ago, and I just came out of Walmart freaking out because I couldn't find my truck. I texted my husband and said, ‘I think someone stole the truck.’”

“I walked around the whole Walmart parking lot trying to find my space gray truck. My new truck is white.”

In the caption, she clarifies, "The color of my old one was Area 51, not space grey. Huge difference. I'm so out of it today."

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Most of us have probably had that moment when we can’t remember where we parked our vehicle. In comments on her TikTok, many shared experiences that were arguably far more embarrassing than wandering around the Walmart parking lot and texting your husband.

One man admitted that he loses his vehicle “at least once a month.”

Another shared that they opened the door of the wrong vehicle, thinking it was theirs.

"Been there," wrote one person. "I actually called my insurance company. I was on the wrong floor of the parking garage."

"My ex was late and in a rush to get my daughter to an auditorium in downtown Calgary," wrote another. "She forgot where she parked. It took 22 hours trying to find it."

So What Should You Do?

Many viewers offered Duffy practical advice on what to do in this situation.

A common suggestion is to activate the emergency alarm with your keys. You’d have to be close enough to hear it, and it can be somewhat embarrassing. But at least you’d have a better chance of finding your vehicle before nearly half an hour went by, as in Duffy’s case.

"What about locking it or unlocking it with your key fob and watching for the lights to go off and on or a beep sound?" another offered.

"They have 'Find My Car' apps that work very well," wrote a third. "Simple. Click when. you park, but wait until you are outside. Then it will guide you back to that exact area if needed, within a few feet."

Other apps similar to Find My Car include Parkify and Parked Car Locator.

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As numerous commenters pointed out, virtually every major GPS app, including Google Maps and Apple Maps, includes this feature. Of course, the key is that you enable it when you get out of your car. Otherwise, you might find yourself in the exact same situation.

Motor1 reached out to Duffy via TikTok comment and direct message for comment. We’ll be sure to update this if she responds.