A bucket of beans and someone's pet turtle: Uber reveals 'most unique' items passengers left behind
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(KTLA) – It’s no surprise that phones, wallets and keys are often left behind in rideshare vehicles. But a urinal or a taxidermied rabbit? Those are slightly more rare.

Uber has released its 2025 “Lost & Found Index,” which lists the 50 “most unique” items left behind in its cars, as determined by the company. Among the more memorable, perhaps, are a mannequin head with human hair, a set of Shrek ears, divorce papers, breast milk, a live turtle, 10 live lobsters and a Ghostbusters prop “ghost trap.”

The full list of items can be found below. Each entry is also written in the passengers’ own words (e.g., “my turtle” or “favorite peanut butter,” etc.) and taken directly from their lost-and-found queries.

Uber’s 50 ‘most unique’ lost items:

  1. Mannequin head with human hair
  2. Viking drinking horn
  3. Ghostbusters prop ‘ghost trap’
  4. Chainsaw
  5. Breast milk
  6. Fine china
  7. “My turtle” (a live turtle)
  8. Urinal
  9. Club promoter sign reading “Annie’s married” – it belongs to the club
  10. Sticky boob bra
  11. Aviation headset
  12. Shrek ears
  13. Bermuda shorts
  14. A pink fan that has two hearts and the word “bimbo”
  15. DNA testing kit
  16. Pickleball paddles and ball
  17. 2 mattresses
  18. 15 hookahs
  19. Amethyst crystal
  20. Aquarium
  21. Witches broom
  22. Unicycle
  23. 100 DVDs
  24. Bouquet of 100 red roses
  25. Sea moss
  26. Traffic cone
  27. A very large portrait of myself in a brown box
  28. Yankees bobblehead figure
  29. Plunger
  30. A photograph of me and my friend at Benihana
  31. Little cactus
  32. Peacock feather
  33. Lady Liberty crown
  34. Hoverboard and a mini fridge
  35. Harry Potter wand
  36. Sewing machine
  37. Orthopedic foot insoles
  38. Boiled eggs and a candle
  39. Divorce papers
  40. Ozempic
  41. Remy the rat doll
  42. Blue laminated paper with yellow smiley face
  43. Cornish hens
  44. A placard that says “it’s a Philly thing”
  45. Fake blood
  46. 10 live lobsters
  47. Taxidermied rabbit
  48. Chicken sculpture
  49. Hannah Montana merchandise
  50. DJ mixing board

Uber passengers also left behind plenty of food, prompting a separate list of the most curious edible items left behind. The list, interestingly, includes not one but two “buckets” of food: one filled with beans and another with feta cheese.

Top 20 food items left behind:

  1. 5-gallon bucket of beans
  2. A thermos full of soup
  3. 175 hamburger sliders
  4. Bojangles chicken tender combo
  5. Half-eaten sushi
  6. Banana pudding
  7. 100 wings
  8. Crab legs
  9. Beef patties
  10. Crawfish and sausages in corn
  11. 108 eggs
  12. Garlic cloves
  13. 24 cans of corn
  14. Important chocolate milk
  15. Favorite peanut butter!
  16. 1 gallon Sunny Delight
  17. Various cream cheese spreads
  18. Pomegranate
  19. Bucket of feta cheese
  20. Five jars of pickles

The rideshare giant also ranked the 10 most “forgetful” cities that lead the pack when it comes to abandoned items. New York was first, followed by Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. Rounding out the list were San Francisco, Boston, Newark, Dallas and Houston.

The Saturday before Halloween was also the most-forgetful day for Uber riders in 2024, according to Uber.

“From wayward mannequin heads to live lobsters, Uber riders have left behind some truly unforgettable items this year,” Uber executive Camiel Irving was quoted as saying in a recent press release .

Irving further touted a feature to help passengers retrieve their lost items via the app — if indeed they didn’t forget their phone in the backseat. (In that case, passengers can still visit help.uber.com for information on retrieving a misplaced phone, mannequin or turtle.)

More information, including other unique finds and statistics, can be found at Uber.com.

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