Last year was apparently a big year for forgotten luggage. According to the The Found Report, which documents all of the noteworthy items found within America's forgotten luggage, nearly a billion people boarded in a plane for parts unknown in 2025. And, while 99.9 percent of them arrived at their final destination with their luggage in tow, that .1 percent of lost or forgotten baggage ended up in Scottsboro, Alabama, where it is opened, appraised, and then sold when it can't be reunited with its rightful owners.
According to the report, passengers in 2025 were hauling a lot of really interesting things with them when they boarded their flights. Here's a list of some of the most interesting things that were found (and left behind) last year.
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View this post on InstagramThe website Unclaimed Baggage documents all of the weird, valuable, or otherwise unexpected things baggage handlers find in lost luggage this year. Now, the website has released it's 2026 report, documenting everything that was uncovered in the bags of travelers from 2025.
“Each year, I am amazed at the treasures discovered in luggage and what it reveals about our society,” Bryan Owens, the company’s CEO, said in a press release. “After more than 55 years of reclaiming the lost and rejected for good, we often believe we’ve seen it all. But then we uncover something like a matching set of Samurai swords, a fully assembled robot, a Dolce & Gabbana jeweled jacket or gold-plated golf clubs, and we are reminded of why the annual ‘Found Report’ exists.”
According to the report, the weirdest finds included:
Taxidermy deer formFrog pursePre-WWWI U.S. Army bayonetGiant stuffed gooseLong bone specimenArmadillo purse12-pack case of sardinesFake skeletonSuitcase full of rat poisonFeather bow tieSure, a skeleton in a suitcase has to be a shock, but there were some other oddities and noteworthy items that popped up on the list, including a fully assembled robot, a bionic knee (still can't figure out how this passenger got very far without that), and a custom set of diamond grills valued at $10,000!
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Lost Valuables Can be Surprisingly Expensive
While I initially balked at the idea that someone could so easily lose these unusual (and expensive sounding) items while traveling, I was surprised to see that the report also contained a number of valuable items, some of them worth tens of thousands of dollars, including:
White diamond earrings with an estimated retail value of $43,400A stainless steel Rolex with an estimated retail value of $35,000A Tosca bass clarinet with an estimated retail value of $17,500Elevare Skin RED Skin Care Device with an estimated retail value of $10,700There were many other big ticket items on the list, which has to make you wonder who can afford to travel with (and then loose) some of these pricey items.
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Not All Finds Are Unusual
While the unique items people lose in their luggage are really fun to talk about—like a jacket from WWII that was tucked away in someone's suitcase—there are some more common items that end up frequent fliers on the Lost Report (pun intended). These are the items that are found with the greatest frequency, and they include those travel staples like shirts (209,986 to be exact), pants (128,722), jewelry (57,623), and mobile phones (51,449).
I don't know about you, but reading this report really makes you have to wonder about all of the items that do make it to their destination, and what kind of secrets the average person has packed alongside their clothes and toiletries when they hit the road.
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