This Company Buys and Resells Unclaimed Airport Luggage — You Won’t Believe What People Leave Behind
Unclaimed Baggage’s latest haul includes samurai swords, a $35,000 Rolex, a robot, and a taxidermy deer.
When an airline can’t find a taker for lost bags, they sell it to Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama. The company calls itself “the nation’s only retailer of lost luggage,” and their annual Found Report reveals what travelers accidentally leave behind.
This year’s wildest discoveries include samurai swords, a $35,000 Rolex watch, a fully assembled robot, and a taxidermy deer form. The most expensive find was white diamond earrings worth over $43,000, while the weirdest included a suitcase packed with rat poison, an armadillo purse, and a 12-pack of sardines.
While 99.9% of checked bags eventually reach their owners, some end up in Alabama where CEO Bryan Owens has been “reclaiming the lost and rejected for good” for 55 years. The company recycles about one-third of items, donates another third to charity, and sells the rest online and in their physical store.
When an airline can’t find a taker for lost bags, they sell it to Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama. The company calls itself “the nation’s only retailer of lost luggage,” and their annual Found Report reveals what travelers accidentally leave behind.
This year’s wildest discoveries include samurai swords, a $35,000 Rolex watch, a fully assembled robot, and a taxidermy deer form. The most expensive find was white diamond earrings worth over $43,000, while the weirdest included a suitcase packed with rat poison, an armadillo purse, and a 12-pack of sardines.
While 99.9% of checked bags eventually reach their owners, some end up in Alabama where CEO Bryan Owens has been “reclaiming the lost and rejected for good” for 55 years. The company recycles about one-third of items, donates another third to charity, and sells the rest online and in their physical store.
