Lost Item Stories
Stolen Vintage Volkswagan Found 35 Years Later
This is an unbelievable lost and found story about a 1965 Volkswagen van stolen 35 years ago in Spokane, Washington; found by customs agents in a shipping container in the Los Angeles port last month, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said.
The blue van, discovered in immaculate condition, was headed for Germany along with several other vintage Volkswagens, Customs and [...]
Lost Wallet Reunited With Owner 63 Years Later
Bill Fulton, of Baker City, Oregon, dropped his wallet behind the bleachers in his middle school gym in 1946. Sixty-three years later, that lost wallet, with its leather cowboy design and Fulton’s original Social Security card still inside, has been returned to him.
The contents have been untouched since the end of World War II, holding, along [...]
Saudi Princess Loses $15,000,000 at Hotel
In what has to be the most outrageous lost and found story yet, this goes well beyond a normal person’s lost cell phone, wallet, or keys. They say when you travel, “don’t take it – if you can’t afford to lose it”.Â
A Saudi princess is repeating that lesson to herself after she lost all her [...]
Cool Collection of Lost Keys
[Photo by PATTI EWALD | Times Correspondent]
You think you have a lot of keys on your key chain?
Jim Wilson, Fort De Soto Park Supervisor located on the southern most tip of St. Petersburg, Florida, thought it would be easier to search for lost keys if they were stringed together rather than all mixed up in a drawer. [...]
Lost Diamond Found in Vacuum Bags
In Buffalo Grove, IL a suburb of Chicago, a woman who lost a large diamond earring found it the next day by combing through a cleaning crew’s vacuum bags.
For Anyone Who Loses Their Cell Phone…
Funny video. Great solution for anyone who has lost their cell phone!
Extortion Over Lost Cell Phone
This is a video of a real extortion case where two guys tried to get $100 in exchange for returning a lost cell phone.
Owner Reunited With Lost Wallet 30-Years Later
The last thing on Lee Lacourse’s mind one recent day was the wallet she lost 30-years ago.
That is, untl she received a call from Const. Mike Menor of Ontario’s Kingston Police.
It took staff at the police department’s lost and found recovery service department to finally hunt down the now 63-year-old Lacourse.
Lost And Found Items Gone Forever
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It has been two years since an EF5 tornado destroyed 95 percent of the city of Greensburg, Kansas, killing 11 of its 1,383 residents.
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The tornado was one of 123 reported over a three-day period in May 2007 during an unusually severe weather outbreak spanning across parts of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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There are still [...]
Where do You Fall in the Spectrum of Honesty?
If you find something that doesn’t belong to you, do you try to get it back to the owner? Would you feel more guilty about not returning a lost item if you know how to contact the person who lost it?