Interesting Items Found in Unclaimed Baggage

According to the successful business called Unclaimed Baggage that sells over a million items a year, there are some very interesting things that have been found in unclaimed luggage over the years. Here are a few that should tickle your fancy:

1. A Real Gem.
When a small plastic bag was found with a mysterious stone, it took expert help to identify the rock as a huge 40.95-carat natural emerald!

2. Press Your Suit Sir?
We wondered what dinner party someone might be attending when we discovered a full suit of armor packed in a bag! It’s an authentic replica of a 19th-century original. This is one way to avoid wrinkles while traveling!

3. Can I Help You Unpack?
A worker was unpacking a large wooden crate stuffed with mounds of packing material. He reeled back in fear when the life-size face of Hoggle, from the Jim Henson movie "Labyrinth", was uncovered. The Muppet character was produced in the London “creature workshop” and now resides in our museum in the Scottsboro store.

4. Time Travel
A well worn gucci suitcase was opened at the store. At first it appeared that it was filled with nothing but paper. But tucked inside were egyptian artifacts dating back to 1500 B.C., including a mummified falcon and shrunken head. The famous Christie's auction house sold most of the finds in the 80's.

5. Say Green Cheese!
A special camera designed for NASAs space shuttle was found in an unclaimed piece of luggage.

6. Diamond in the Rough.
A worker was checking every corner of a very plain suitcase. Inside a sock was a georgeous diamond ring set in platinum. When the experts appraised the stone, it was an amazing 5.8 carats.

7. Can I Get Off Now?
A complete, neatly packed parachute was found in an unclaimed checked bag.

8. Barbie Bonus!
A woman bought a Barbie doll for her little girl who promptly pulled the head off. The only thing that kept her from a sound scolding was the roll of $500 bills found inside. Business was brisk on Barbie dolls for weeks following the incident.

9. Which Way Did It Go?
A guidance system for a F16 fighter jet valued at a quarter million dollars was found in unclaimed luggage.

10. This Would Shake Anyone Up.
Someone packed a rattlesnake in a piece of unclaimed luggage. It was found when a worker was unpacking the bag.