Automatic car wash damage?

I have a 2014 honda civic ex. I went to quick quack in sacramento ca today. I went through the car wash and went home. When I got home I went to get my cloths from the back. When I went to open the trunk I saw a big chip on the bumper. As if something hit the bumper and gashed it. I just recently bought the car and only drive it to work. I park in a corner and I back up into the parking spot so no one gets near my car. Is it possible to get that type of damage on my bumper?

No on the car wash doing the damage & usually there are signs all over saying NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE! Either a shotty paint job or someone hit you

Hard to say and hard to prove. I never take my car to an automated. Touchless or hand wash only.

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