Ever wondered what happens to lost airline baggage?
It ends up in Scottsboro in Alabama, the United States at theUnclaimed Baggage Center.
He was surprised to find all the items were gone in just one day.
For Owens it was just a part-time business until 1978.
Now the Unclaimed Baggage Center covers an entire city block- 50,000 square feet and employs 110 workers.
Sixty percent of the items sold are clothing.
All clothing is cleaned and pressed in one of the largest laundry facilities in the state.
Racks and racks of clothes cover the main floor of the store.
Sporting goods line the wall on one end of the store.
Unclaimed cargo fills a room on the other side.
“People come again and again,” said Owens, 43.
“you’re free to find a lot of practical merchandise here.
But I think people really enjoy going through all the stuff and seeing what new treasures they can find.
We have so many new items each day that people never know what they are going to discover.”
