Teddy bears.

Check out Ted Coningsby on YouTube. He’s a bear that goes round RAF stations and flies with the pilots.

My DH was a paramedic, on the first serious RTC he attended he found a little teddy around 4” tall that had been thrown from a vehicle. He carried the teddy (no name) in his uniform pocket as a talisman until he retired, he said that since it had survived the carnage it would keep him safe. It has since been in every vehicle we have owned and went on our camper van excursions round Australia and New Zealand

I have a small cuddly - it's the mascot of a group I am in. So while mine doesn't go everywhere with me there have been a few photos taken - beach, having a drink in an otherwise empty pub etc. ?

I think this is a fun fad thing that has caught on, following the kidnapped gnomes fad.
Teddies going on holiday, being photographed on suit cases, at bars, at tourist sites etc.
I guess some people get more carried away with it than others.

But just enjoyable novel fun, no need to stop it or grow up.

I have one that my first Gs gave me for my birthday,and one that my father gave me,and another one that i don`t remember who gave it to me.
All in my bedroom.