Gavin Strickland, 19, was bombarded with cameras and microphones on Thursday evening, as he approached the blue-green Nissan Versa sedan he lost on Sunday. Article Continued Below 
 
 “The security footage is probably crazy,” Riddolls said. In a saga that charmed Torontonians into searching indoor parking garages, the 19-year-old from Syracuse, N.Y., arrived in town Sunday for a Metallica concert but later forgot where he’d parked his car. It was the second time Gavin had lost his car after a concert, and he spent hours wandering around different parking garages looking for it before going back home on a bus. His father, Eric, posted an ad on Craigslist asking for the city’s help to find the lost car for his “doofy son” and offering a $100 reward. He offered a $100 reward, posted a photo of the vehicle, and provided what limited information his son had about the location: it was in downtown Toronto, an $8 taxi ride from the Rogers Centre, near a Starbucks and a construction site. Riddolls and Imlack Walker were debating calling it an early night until they saw the family’s Craigslist lost car ad. It was Madison Riddolls, 26, who eventually found the car early Thursday morning after she and her boyfriend, Liam Imlack Walker, decided to play detective. "I've been watching a lot of Criminal Minds lately," Riddolls said. Riddolls said they were about to give up the search when she noticed a car fitting the description in the parking garage of Toronto's TD Tower at Bay and Wellington streets. Gavin’s Nissan Versa Sedan is somewhat of an international affair, with a Canadian flag affixed to the left, a “don’t blame me, I voted for Bernie” sticker on the right, Toronto Maple Leafs licence plate frames, New York seat covers, and, on the bumper, an adhesive ad for the best auto deals in Melbourne. Riddolls will be receiving a $100 reward and Eric Strickland has said he’ll donate to a charity of her choice. In an Uber ride over to the parking garage where his car was waiting, Gavin was asked if any of the streets looked familiar. “I think it’s just a great city, it’s got a lot of people that care,” he said — though becoming somewhat of a local celebrity for 48 hours was unexpected.
– For much of this week, Toronto residents have been on a scavenger hunt of sorts, with an odd target: a 2015 Nissan Versa, "misplaced" by a US teen who'd forgotten where he'd left it after a Metallica concert. The CBC reports on 19-year-old Gavin Strickland's parking plight, which started Sunday after the Metallica performance at the Rogers Centre. Strickland searched multiple parking garages after the show, even hitching a ride with local cops as he scoured the city for his vehicle. By Monday, he had to call his father back in Syracuse, NY, and admit he'd lost his car, at which point he took a bus back home. That's when his dad decided to post a Craigslist ad asking Toronto locals to assist his "doofy son" in the search, offering a $100 reward along with the details Strickland could remember ("nearby is allegedly a strange spiral outdoor sculpture"). Enter Madison Riddolls, who dragged her boyfriend out late Wednesday to hunt for the car. "I've been watching a lot of Criminal Minds lately," Riddolls says of her quest, which finally proved successful at a parking garage under the city's TD Centre. After confirming some identifying features provided by Strickland, Riddolls contacted him, and he showed up, to much media hullabaloo, to pick up the car. "How did I walk past this?" he mused to reporters in front of the Nissan Thursday night, per the Toronto Star. The parking garage wiped out the four days' worth of parking fees (he'll only be charged for Sunday) and gave him a Bluetooth device to help him locate his car in the future. Riddolls, meanwhile, will pocket a $100 reward, and the elder Strickland says he'll also donate money to her favorite charity. (A UK man's car went missing after a concert for six months.)