Woman Loses Engagement Ring in Unlikeliest Place—So She Takes Drastic Step

The disastrous outcome of one woman's fall photoshoot has left people on the edge of their seats.

In a video with 2.5 million views, Émilie Roy, 27, from Quebec revealed how she lost her engagement ring while taking photographs.

"My fiancé, Thomas, and I were on a getaway weekend in the woods. Tom was taking pictures of me throwing leaves in the air and after a few takes, my ring just slid and flew off my finger," Roy told Newsweek. "It's totally my fault as I didn't get it adjusted yet."

The couple quickly sprang into action, Roy even used one of her fiance's rings to recreate the action and see where it may have landed, but still struggled to find the jewelry.

Unable to find the ring on the floor outside, Roy came up with another idea, collecting as many fall leaves as she could and taking them indoors to search more thoroughly.

"As my fiance continued to look outside, I started sorting the leaves in the bathtub," said Roy. "I thought I would've heard the ring fall and that the white background would give me a better view."

Surrounded by bags of fall leaves and a bathtub filled with the foliage, Roy searched for her engagement ring but had no success, and this is when she thought to record the moment which has since gained viral attention on TikTok.

Viewers were quick to offer their thoughts and advice for the dilemma.

"Get a metal detector!" urged lots of viewers of the viral video, while others stopped by to wish Roy luck: "Oh no! Hope you find it," said one commenter, while another said: "Ask Saint Anthony to find it."

In 2022, an 85-year-old woman was reunited with her lost engagement ring with the help of a metal detector in heartwarming footage.

Others revealed similar instances where they lost precious jewels: "I lost my ring in my yard doing yard work. I used a rake and I found it!" said one commenter, while another wrote: "I remember this happening to my mom at my grandma's house.... But at night. [We] had the whole neighborhood looking."

Despite all the great ideas, none of the options were really viable for the couple: "We thought about getting a metal detector, but all the stores were closed since it was Saturday night. We were leaving the place the next morning so we didn't have time to order one either," Roy explained.

Unable to find her ring among the leaves she had gathered in the bathtub, Roy joined her fiance outside again where the sun had set.

"It was pitch black. We used our cellphones flashlights so the sapphire on my ring could reflect," and amazingly, it worked: "We found it a few minutes later way further than expected. It took nearly six hours."

With her ring firmly back on her finger, Roy shared the ordeal with the internet and was amazed by how many people saw the moment she lost her ring.

"I didn't expect the video to go viral at all. I was surprised the update I posted the next morning got a lot of views too," she said. "I love how people were trying to help and, for some, be funny at the same time."