Turn off "Find My" Notifications for unknown AirPods

I passed thru an airport recently and am now getting notifications for some Apple AirPods located in that airport that are not my own (I do not own any AirPods). I live far from that airport and will not return there in the forseeable future. Questions:

-Why would start receiving unwanted Find My notifications for such a device?

-How do I permanently turn off notifications for such a device, to which I neither have ownereship or physical access to the device.

I note that I have six (6) Apple devices that I do own in my Apple account, but the unknown Airpods do not show up in the list of my devices on my Apple account.