For lost scissors, they should just go look in my kid’s rooms. That is where I always find them. And none of them have lived with us for 10 years. They hoarded all the scissors always.
My mom had the best scissors! They were great for school projects. Unfortunately, they were also her sewing scissors and she would get so upset when we used them for other purposes. I always wondered why she didn’t just buy us a pair. Years later she told me those were “expensive” and she was lucky to have that pair. We were rather poor growing up although we didn’t realize it at the time.
Aliens took the scissors, because CERTAINLY the children did not.