Consected chicken legs, the legionary helmet, the entire snake in an alcohol bottle … It is not the catalog of a dark curiosities store, but objects that are in lost luggage and never claimed last year in the United States. A surprising list presented by the company’s unresated luggage, which recovers this forgotten luggage.
Created in 1970, in Alabama, the company has the monopoly of this very special niche. In relation to all American airports, he recovers all the luggage not recovered, that is, the luggage lost during a flight and were not recovered by their owners after three months. A destination that refers, according to the unclaimed luggage, 0.03% of the luggage registered in the United States.
Toilet seat, Eleanor Roosevelt and Rolex in gold letter
The bags and not collected bags are collected at each airport in the country and are sent to Scottsboro, Alabama, at the United Luggage Headquarters. The company’s teams open them and look for them to order their content. This represented about two million objects in 2024.
Among them, BaggG not claimed has preserved in its annual report the 40 most surprising objects. To the range of which in addition to those already mentioned above: the script of the film ThugsA knight armor, a toilet seat, a newspaper cut of 1941 that counts the attack by Pearl Harbor, a letter signed by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1944, the false belly of a pregnant woman, a very old French book on ways of practicing exorcisms …
It also happens that the un claimed luggage falls into objects of great value that, strangely, was not lost to its owners. In 2024, the company discovered a white gold ring of 18 Cárcares crowned by a diamond (worth $ 39,000), a small trunk of Louis Vuitton ($ 9,100), a Chanel dress ($ 9,600), a gold -gold (20,000 dollars) or a Muramatsu flute (7,100 dollars).
Objects sold … or exhibited in a museum
But then what about these objects? Well, for those who are in condition, approximately one third of the findings, are put on sale. The un claimed luggage opened a store in Scottsboro, as well as on an online sales site. There are clothes (all sent to pressed before resale), accessories, jewels (luxury that are authenticated) and electronic products (cleaned of their personal and reconditioned data). The rest is given or sent to recycling.
Finally the rest … with some exceptions. Over the years, Baggug teams not claimed have completely extraordinary objects in their hands and absolutely impossible to resell. Like reduced human heads, a time exposed behind the store counter (“to feed the conversations”) before receiving for educational purposes. Or the ancient Egyptian artifacts (found in a Gucci suitcase) sold at an auction in Christie’s. And even a living bell snake, given to the control authorities for wild animals.
When trying to find peculiarities, the unchanged luggage ended up opening a museum, inside his store in Alabama. The company explains the most unlikely findings you can maintain. The centerpiece of this small unique museum in the world is the real puppet of the goblin, used for MazeFantastic 1986 film with David Bowie. It was found in 1997 in a luggage containing several cinematographic accessories, a luggage, which he never claimed. Updated, the company Jim Henson, film producer and creator of puppets, authorized the museum to keep Hoggle, a small piece of the history of cinema (and aviation).
A travel trends revealing
Beyond these unlikely discoveries, the activity of the unaware bag allows you to highlight certain travel and consumption trends. In 2024, the company identified five. First note Tiktok’s influence on luggage content. The emblematic products of the platform influencers return in number, such as the gourdes of the Stanley Cup and the organizers of the suitcase (“Cubes packaging”. It also indicates an increase in the associated well -being products: moisturizing dust, yoga leggings, sleeping help …
And then there are momentary trends, markers of an era. In 2024, two of them were found in American suitcases. First, an increase in the number of objects linked to the Taylor Swift phenomena tour “The Eras Tour” worldwide: Lentejuelas, “Friendship bracelets”, concerts of concerts … In another style, the US presidential elections have led a peak of t -shirts, pins, stops and bags of bags with the effigy of the candidates.
The last trend refers to our animals. The un claimed bag is reaping more and more travel bags, baskets and toys for dogs or cats, which suggests that young generation no longer separates from their pets, even to take the plane.
Source: BFM TV
