Every year, the thousands of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally attendees leave behind an assortment of items at the Buffalo Chip, the campground and event venue that houses bikers and concerts during the 10-day rally.
The Buffalo Chip customarily shares a list of some of the rally's leftovers. Many are to be expected: wallets, keys, driver's licenses, credit cards.
Here are some of the more unusual stranded items:
1. A leg
As it turns out, sometimes the cost of attending the rally can be an arm or a leg. Thankfully, this leg isn't made of flesh, but its owner probably notices its absence.
A prosthetic leg left behind at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip after the 2024 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
2. A boxing nun
This servant of the Lord is not to be messed with.
A boxing nun left behind at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip after the 2024 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
3. Teeth
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Missing artificial body parts seems to be a common theme. The Buffalo Chip's website stated the front office did receive a call about missing teeth, but they didn't match the description of these abandoned chompers.
Teeth left behind at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip after the 2024 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
4. 'A spilled can of alphabet soup'
The real question isn't why the letters were left behind, but why someone brought them in the first place. Perhaps for a game of Scrabble? Practice for a spelling bee? We may never know.
Letters left behind at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip after the 2024 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
5. A Toyota Camry
One would think a vehicle is the last thing that would get left behind, but the owner of this bottomed-out sedan seems to have given up on saving a vehicle that, at the very least, could serve as a college student's Facebook Marketplace treasure.
A Toyota Camry left behind at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip after the 2024 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
6. A minivan
Minivans don't usually invoke the spirit of a party. This poor Chrysler Town and Country was not only taken somewhere out of its element, but it was unceremoniously left there with its windows down, exposed to the elements.
7. A pickle farmer
Some rally attendees have work to do. This inflatable pickle isn't going to let his less-than-new farm equipment stop him from tilling the frontier of the Buffalo Chip.
A pickle farmer left behind at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip after the 2024 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
To see more lost and found items, visit the Chip's website.

