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Items collected from buses are brought in large bags to the lost and found located on South Jackson street in downtown Seattle.

Employee George Williams said that the lost and found has regular customers who come in to pick up an item they left on the bus a few times a month.

George Williams (left) and Mark Haley look over the recording system. Each item is logged with the route it was found on, the day it was found, and then tagged with information.

In 2008, the Metro lost and found recorded 39,139 items.

A large stroller sitting in Metro Lost and Found has yet to be claimed. To pick something up, a person must be able to say what day they lost the item, what route they were riding as well as describe their belonging.

Employee George Williams said he often wonders about the people who forget things like crutches, canes or wheelchairs on the bus.

In November 2008, the lost and found received over 500 umbrellas. Only about 13 percent of them were claimed.

Umbrellas are the most common item in the lost and found. Employee Mark Haley pokes through May's current collection.

Drawers labeled by date contain small items like cell phones and gloves. Throughout the day, several lost cell phones will ring as calls go answered.

Coats arranged by date line one of the shelves in Metro King County's lost and found.

Keys, umbrellas, cell phones and wheelchairs: the metro lost and found collects everything left on the bus.

Looking through King County Metro’s lost and found