I hear a lot of anecdotes about things people find on the highway. I have family members who say they found a free couch on the highway. A friend of a friend said they found a board game set on the highway. Then today a family member was talking about a cat they adopted, and I asked how she ended up with one (she doesn’t like cats), and she said “oh we found her on the highway, we’re surprised nothing happened to her”.

Is this a common thing? What’s the most unexpected thing you found while on the highway?

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I know a cop who found a guy who had taken jimson weed (highly highly bad idea) and was shuffling naked down the breakdown lane with a dead chicken tied to his shoes.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPMEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I’m surprised someone could ingest that and tolerate the passing of the vehicles. Hopefully he’s alright.

      • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        He ended up in ICU hallucinating for days so it was not a great outcome. Every year when I worked in ER someone would come in having imbibed jimson weed and it was ALWAYS a terrible occurrence.