Lose Your Prosthetic Leg at Oktoberfest? Check With the Fundbüro.

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  10.02.09 | 11:34 AM ET

That’s the central lost and found for Munich’s Oktoberfest, and, as you might imagine, the drunken masses lose some interesting possessions. Over the years, the Fundbüro has taken temporary custody of, among other things, “a prosthetic leg, a wheelchair, a Superman costume, handwritten notes by the composer Johann Sebastian Bach and 15,000 marks in a soiled pair of lederhosen,” writes Nicholas Kulish in the New York Times.

For more Oktoberfest craziness, check out Life’s then and now slideshow.

Tags: Beer, Wine and Cocktails, Festivals, Humor, Europe, Germany, Munich, News and Briefs

Michael Yessis

Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor of World Hum.


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