Car hire giant Europcar’s Liverpool rental centre reported finding a false leg left behind by a previous customer while one of the Europcar’s outlets in Scotland came across the black ostrich feather hat most commonly worn by Scottish pipers.
One car rental customer managed to leave a suitcase packed full with £1,000 worth of designer clothes in the boot of a Europcar vehicle while car hire staff also discovered a bag of 10 odd shoes after a hire car was dropped off in Salford, while staff in Yeovil Europcar came across a pair of furry handcuffs in the back of one of their vehicles.
The items left behind in hire cars in South Africa were a tad more alarming as staff reported that a hand grenade was found rolling around the back of the car when the Europcar employee went to refuel the vehicle; the car in question had been hired by a personal protection company earlier. Finding handguns in the glove box was also reported by Euopcar staff at the Cape Town rental centre as well as a curled up snake in the car’s engine – It seems there’s never a dull moment in the life of a car hire worker!