Photo by Edward L. Arrington, Jr.
This week’s Mystery Question–More Lost Items will wrap up the blogs for the year. I’ll be back Friday with the answers and winners! But first, I want to talk about the photo. Edward Arrington emailed it to me this week and graciously gave me permission to use it. Isn’t this sunset gorgeous!
Now for last week’s Mystery Question about lost items. As usual, three answers are true, one is false.
- The Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama, has many items you’d expect–flash drives, gloves, umbrellas, but there are a few national treasures as well…like a camera from a space shuttle.
- At Paris’ museum of the strange, aka the Bureau of Found Objects, is a wedding gown and matching shoes, found in the back of a cab. All items are new and cleaned and in a garment bag. Perhaps the result of an argument between the bride and groom to be?
- One of the strangest finds at one of the airlines happened some thirty years ago–a full human skeleton in a piece of luggage and never claimed after a flight. This was before the world went crazy and airports installed scanners to examine each piece of luggage.
- Workers at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro found a 5.8-carat diamond ring hidden in the toe of a sock and packed away in a suitcase.
And the answer is…I think I made it too easy. lol #3
Now for this Week’s Mystery Question–More Lost Items. As usual, three answers are true, one is false.
- The massive Bureau of Lost Items in France has many items that have been left behind in various places. One is a skull that was left behind at a Paris train station. (And if you think I wouldn’t make up 2 skeleton answers in a row, you don’t know me very well…lol And then again, maybe not.)
- In the 1800s, a coffin was left unclaimed in a boxcar on the Central Pacific Railroad at a stop in Nebraska, no skeleton, though.
- The workers at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama discovered 50 vacuum-packed frogs in a suitcase… someone’s science project left behind?
- A prosthetic leg, complete with an athletic shoe still awaits its owner at the Transport for London’s Lost Property Division.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which answer is the one I made up? Leave your answers in the comments, and as a bonus, Friday I’ll give the answer along with the winner of a drawing from this week’s comments on Mystery Question–More Lost Items as well as the winners of the Rafflecopter giveaway
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Edward, that is a fantastic photo. Good work! And the Scripture with it is certainly appropriate.
Pat, after all the good adjectives which describe you, “sneaky” would also apply (in a good way). You are very good at misdirection, and your novels prove it. However, I’m not taking the bait. Instead I’m saying that you made up #2.
Thanks, Tim. One of those rare occasions when I was in the right place at the right time. Pat did an excellent job choosing the right Scripture verse for it.
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I really appreciate you letting me use the photo, Edward. It is beautiful.
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We’ll see, Tim. And thank you for the “sneaky” description. lol Always look forward to your comments!
I’ll go with the frogs this time. Because everything else has to do with body parts!
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I hadn’t noticed that, Paula! lol So glad you stopped by!
That photo is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. I think I’m going with #4. Have a hard time thinking someone would lose a prosthetic leg. Of course I could be totally wrong but I’m sticking to it. Hahaha
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Edward did a great job with that photo, didn’t he Toni! And we’ll see Friday if it’s #4. Thanks for stopping by.
I vote for #3 about the vacuum-packed frogs. I don’t think someone who had invested that much into the frogs and obviously had a purpose for them would forget them.
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Love your logic, Suzanne! We’ll see how it does Friday. Thanks for stopping by!
For last week, I didn’t see how a skeleton could fit in a suitcase, so . . . This week, I’ll go with #2. I love the detail of the others.
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LOL, Delores. We’ll see how your logic works Friday. 🙂 Always good to see you here.
I am going with the prosthetic leg. Not sure anyone would have a spare so #4 this week.
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Good logic, Gloria…we’ll see how it works Friday. Glad you stopped by!
I’ll say #4 as wouldn’t you need your prosthetic leg and miss it. Really expensive to replace it.
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Great logic, Lucy! We’ll see. Thanks so much for stopping by!
#4
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We’ll see Patricia! So glad you stopped by.
I’ll guess it’s #1 . The photo is Beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us, I love it. Have a Great week and stay safe.
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We’ll see Alicia. And I’ve sent you an email about winning the gift card this month. 🙂
#4
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Number 4 is quite popular, MS Barb! Thanks for dropping by!
Surely it is #4! ? I mean, er…?!
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We’ll see, Jackie! And #4 is very popular. So glad you stopped by.
I appreciate the comments about the photo. You chose a very meaningful verse that fits so well, Pat.
I think you made up #3. I think it’s the one most likely to be true, so it’s probably made up. As for the prosthetic leg, I have a friend with two prosthetic legs, attached at the knees. He was on a trip a few years ago and stopped at a Chick-fil-A where no one knew him. The floor was wet and he had stepped on it before seeing any warning signs. As he slipped and went down, one leg went one way and the other went in a different direction. Several people almost had heart attacks when they saw his legs come off and skid across the floor.
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Oh, Edward, I’m sorry but I laughed at your story! And I thought the verse fit very well. Just love that photo. Thanks for letting me use it. And we’ll see Friday if it’s #4. So glad you stopped by!
Pat, the story was intended for a laugh, so no reason to apologize. My friend is the kind who doesn’t just make lemonade when life hands him lemons. Just give him the lemon peel and he will make lemonade from that. He has had so many health issues and has remained upbeat throughout. He was a pastor until serious health problems sidelined him. But he has probably touched more lives since having to leave his church than many pastors who have large congregations and preach every Sunday. Space does not permit to begin sharing all that he and his wife do to help the needy, ministering to their physical needs while touching them with the Gospel. When something like this laughs, he always turns it into a funny story and loves for people to laugh with him. He says he has a doctorate: Doctor of Joyology.
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Edward, he sounds like a great person! I’d love to know him. He sounds like the kind of person my pastor talked about one time–they kind that if they called and said, I’m going to the city dump. Want to tag along? You’d say yes! because they are the kind of people you want to be around, now matter what they’re doing. Thanks for brightening my day.
Very nice photo, Edward! The verse is just perfect. I’m going to guess #3 that the frogs are made up.
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Hi Perrianne! I thought Edward’s photo was awesome! And we’ll see next week if #3 is made up. Thanks for stopping by!
I think it is #1 with the skull again lol. Beautiful picture ,Edward and verse is perfect.
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I agree about Edward’s photo, Shelia! And we’ll see if I tried to fool you with another skeleton story. Thanks for joining us today!
I’m going to say number 4 is false. Thanks for the chance to win!
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We’ll see Megan! It’s always good to ‘see’ you here!
Love the photo and scripture! Guessing #3 is false.
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Thanks, Caryl!
I want to say #4 for this week because why would they keep a prosthetic leg for that long? I can totally see all the rest 🙂 I had to laugh at the vacuum packed frongs, can you imagine the one discovering that? Yikes!
Nice picture Edward! I love sunsets, God certainly knows how to paint a picture doesn’t He?
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We’ll see, Trixi! And I would have hated to find those frogs!
Beautiful photo. I’m going to go with #2.
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I think so, too, Diana, about the photo! We’ll see if it’s #2.
I think #3 is false
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We’ll see, Cheryl! And thanks for stopping by.