12 craziest things garbage collectors have found in the bin

If there’s one thing we can be sure of in life, it’s that weird things happen all the time – and we’re intrigued by them. Yes, that includes the weird things being found in weird places, like the garbage. Curious? Let’s look at some of the craziest things garbage collectors have found in the bin, according to Reddit threads.

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“One time we found a guy’s ashes in one of the standard plastic tubs funeral homes usually give out. His information was still on the side. Our management contacted his family using the information that was written on the side of his plastic tub. But the family said they threw the poor man out on purpose.”

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“As a student, I worked at a landfill ‘directing traffic’ one summer. A customer came and wanted to bury something and asked me to dig him a hole. He drove an all-black Cadillac with tinted windows and nice rims. But the machine operator didn’t want to switch machines to dig a hole, so he offered the animal pit instead. I watched as the mysterious man threw out a book. Once he drove off, I peered into the animal pit, only to find a photo album with a knife lodged right in the middle. It still gives me the creeps!”

“One day, my partner and I were called to a location that was outside our regular route one day. We met our supervisor at the location and he asked us to look up at the tree we were standing near. I look up and see a huge mass hanging in the tree about 20ft [6 metres] off the ground. The police and fire department showed up about five minutes later. A firefighter climbed up a ladder to cut the bag down from a branch. As the bag hit the ground, it released a putrid smell. The mysterious mass ended up being a huge pile of at least 50-75 dead rats tied together. The police suggested it might be a form of ritual sacrifice. My partner and I had the ‘pleasure’ of tossing the bag into our truck. I’ve been working for the sanitation department for 14 years and that had to be the nastiest thing I have ever seen. I’ll never forget the smell.”

“I work for a junk removal company. One time, we took out some old furniture, including a large desk from this guy’s house. Once we were finished and drove to the transfer station. As we dumped our load, the desk came sliding out and hit the concrete. It broke apart and lo behold, a .357 Magnum revolver comes tumbling out.”

“I found a bunch of brass World War I and World War II grave marker medallions in the recycle bins and reported them to the police. Hopefully, they went back to where they belonged.”

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“It’s fairly frequent that we have homeless people mistakenly fall asleep inside a dumpster and delivered to a landfill or other processing facility,” says Kelly Sarber, President & CEO of Strategic Management Group.

“One time my co-worker and I were hauling garbage from a Hollywood back lot where we typically found a lot of gently-used props, but that day I found some animation cells [transparent sheets that can be drawn on and used for cartoon productions] of Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard. Since I’m an artist in my spare time, I grabbed these right up! Finders keepers, right?”

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“I worked at a medical waste factory where we would find amputated body parts and bins full of blood and used needles.”

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“I found $4000 worth of cash in a cereal box once. Local gypsies had been cleaning out their caravan and threw out the box of cash by mistake. We managed to find the box and rightfully return them their money.”