The Unclaimed Baggage Center

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Unclaimed Baggage Center

Located in Scotsboro, Alabama, the Unclaimed Baggage Center is the penultimate destination of a lot of lost luggage. They donate or trash most of what they get, but put the very best items up for sale. Here’s a full list of some of the strangest things they’ve found:

Animal trade:

Moose Antlers
Giant tortoise shell
Snake Skin
LIVE Rattlesnake
Bear skin packed in salt (apparently it smelled awful)
Zebra pelt
50 vacuum-packed frogs

Odd clothing

A Versace gown straight off the runway
Vegas showgirl costume
Aluminized fire suit
Full suit of 19th0century replica armor

Valuables

5.8-carat diamond set in a platinum band (hidden in a sock)
41-carat emerald
Platinum Rolex valued at $60,000
A painting tagged at $60 that was really worth $25,000

Government Property

A camera from the space shuttle (kindly returned to NASA
Missile Guidance System for a fighter jet (kindly returned to the USAF)

Memento Mori’s

Someone’s ashes
An engraved headstone
A coffin
4,000-year-old Egyptian Burial Mask
& a shrunken head (not ours)

Source: The Unclaimed Baggage Center