A mannequin head, live lobsters, a bucket of beans: These are just some of the things left behind in Ubers. On Tuesday, the ride-hailing service hosted a pop-up in Manhattan that allowed people to check out the weirdest lost items. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.
There were some weird things left in Ubers last year — and nowhere were passengers more forgetful than in New York City, new data shows. Newark, New Jersey, wasn't far behind, at eighth on the list.
Good fortune: The rideshare company hosted its first-ever lost and found pop-up, right here in scatterbrained Manhattan, where people got the chance to browse all the randomness and maybe take some home.
The event, which was free to attend, was Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the middle of Flatiron at Fifth Avenue, between 22nd and 23rd streets. Attendees learned how to get their lost stuff back and got some freebies, purportedly including items on the recovered list.
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WATCH HEREIt came a day after Uber released its ninth annual Lost & Found Index. From a Viking drinking horn to Ozempic to a live turtle and 175 cheeseburgers, here are Uber's 50 strangest things left in Ubers in 2024:
Most 'unique' items left in Ubers
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- Viking drinking horn
- Ghostbusters ghost trap
- Chainsaw
- Breast milk
- Fine china
- My turtle
- Urinal
- Club promoter sign reading “Annie’s married” – it belongs to the club
- Sticky boob bra
- Aviation headset
- Shrek ears
- Bermuda shorts
- A pink fan that has two hearts and the word “bimbo”
- DNA testing kit
- Pickleball paddles and ball
- 2 mattresses
- 15 hookahs
- Amethyst crystal
- Aquarium
- Witches broom
- Unicycle
- 100 DVD’s
- Bouquet of 100 red roses
- Sea moss
- Traffic cone
- A very large portrait of myself in a brown box
- Yankees bobble head figure
- Plunger
- A photograph of me and my friend at Benihana
- Little cactus
- Peacock feather
- Lady Liberty crown
- Hoverboard and a mini fridge
- Harry potter wand
- Sewing machine
- Orthopedic foot insoles
- Boiled eggs and a candle
- Divorce papers
- Ozempic
- Remy the rat doll
- Blue laminated paper with yellow smiley face
- Cornish hens
- A placard that says “it’s a Philly thing”
- Fake blood
- 10 live lobsters
- Taxidermied rabbit
- Chicken sculpture
- Hannah Montana merchandise
- DJ mixing board
Uber's most 'forgetful' cities
- New York, NY
- Miami, FL
- Chicago, IL
- Los Angeles, CA
- Washington, DC
- San Francisco, CA
- Boston, MA
- Newark, NJ
- Dallas, TX
- Houston, TX
