Bug/Issue Disappearing chest outside Willys hut

Hello,

Where the red square is in this picture, I put a wooden chest there to start putting tackles in and it was fine for a few in game days but then randomly disappeared, it might of been done by the

Winter Ice Fishing Festival

as it was there before this event triggered.

http://i.cubeupload.com/FOEMPQ.jpg

The reason I put it there is so it was out of the way of walking NPCs, I don't know if Willy might of bugged it out by walking in to it? but as far as I know they can walk around objects.

 

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