A South Side woman got a little too into the Halloween spirit while handing out candy to trick-or-treaters last week and ended up with a costly “trick” instead. Maddie Carver said she was on Larkins Way in Pittsburgh’s South Side on Halloween night, passing out treats, when her engagement ring slipped off her finger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She thinks it likely slipped into one of the candy bags she handed out.<\/p>\n
Now, she’s asking for the public’s help to get it back.<\/p>\n
“That ring is beautiful; it physically is. But, it also represents such a happy time in my life,” said Carver.<\/p>\n
The couple’s love story started back in 2007 after meeting on eHarmony, a true online dating success story. By 2011, Ryan proposed during a Christmas getaway to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada.<\/p>\n
“At Christmas, we went to Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada. He surprised me and we had a little getaway, and he proposed, and I was so excited,” said Carver.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to this Halloween, Maddie said she signed up to be part of the South Side Pittsburgh Kids’ Trick-or-Treat Route. She remembers the night being cold, with about 100 trick-or-treaters coming by.<\/p>\n
“My hands had constricted because of the cold,” Carver said. “I didn’t realize my rings were really loose.”<\/p>\n
It wasn’t until the last group of kids left and she went inside that she noticed something was wrong.<\/p>\n
“When I came back inside as things were dying down, I noticed my engagement ring wasn’t on my finger,” Carver said.<\/p>\n
While she knows things could always be worse, she says the ring holds deep sentimental value and she’s offering a reward to anyone who finds it.<\/p>\n
“If you come across the ring, if you look in your kid’s trick-or-treat bag and see it, you would just be changing my life if you could bring it back to me,” Carver said.<\/p>\n
Anyone who may have found the ring or has information is asked to reach out to Maddie and Ryan, and their contact information is below.<\/p>\n
Maddie Carver \u2013 724-612-3212 Maddcar@icloud.com<\/a><\/p>\n