March 13 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Metro revealed some of the most unusual items in its Lost & Found, including a surfboard, a prosthetic leg and a 55-inch TV.
Los Angeles Metro Lost & Found office, located off Pasadena Avenue in Montecito Heights, said about 1,000 items are left behind on the transit system's trains and buses each month.
Patrick Diaz, communications manager for Metro's customer experience department, said many of the items are expected, such as cellphones, backpacks, glasses, musical instruments and sporting equipment.
"We see a large volume of recovered items coming through our bus operations, for example bicycles that are typically left on the front bike rack," Diaz told The Los Angeles Times.
He said some of the most unusual items currently housed in the office include a prosthetic leg, a surfboard, a 55-inch TV, blowtorches, large electrical generators and a case filled with VHS tapes.
"Maybe they get up too fast, or they're afraid to miss their stop, and they just get up without checking their seat," Diaz told Secret Los Angeles.
He said about 30% of the items that pass through the Lost & Found are eventually returned to their owners.
"We see a large volume of recovered items coming through our bus operations, for example bicycles that are typically left on the front bike rack," he said.
