Breaking News! Watch Found, Skull Still Missing: Sturgis 2025 Lost and Found
For the past 44 years, motorcycle and music enthusiasts from across the globe have been packing their party essentials and heading to the Sturgis Buffalo Chip for their vacations. Although the memories stick with them forever, some personal possessions are bound to be left behind after nine days of riding, rocking and round-the-clock shenanigans.
Every year, the Chip returns tons of lost items to their rightful owners, but plenty of stuff still remains after the last camper has left the property.
In an attempt to reunite more people with their lost items, the Buffalo Chip started publishing their lost and found inventory right after the rally in the Sturgis Rider News blog. The first article in 2014 was an instant hit. It turns out there were more people eager to see all the crazy stuff than there were to get their items back.
Now, 10 years into the effort, the Chip has lost count of all the keys, credit cards, IDs, phones, sunglasses, tents, and other common items left behind. But then there’s the uncommon items.
Some of the things recorded over the past 10 years have been so strange, they’re forever burned into the collective Sturgis unconscious. Some things can even show up months after the rally… like this running Casio watch found at the bottom of the swimming hole found this year. Seriously, this thing is still ticking after weeks of being 9 feet underwater!
“If I could turn back time… if I could find my watch…” or whatever Cher said.
Unfortunately, not everything lost will get found. Legend has it, there’s still a big skeleton head missing… maybe someone should’ve been watching it.
Anyway, here are 20 more of the wildest things ever left behind after the party, in order of “What the heck?” to “What in the actual F***?”
20. A Giant Game of Connect 4
(Found in 2022)
First they lost the match, then they lost the whole game.
19. A Bumper Sticker with an Important Message
(Found in 2023)
Them’s the rules.
18. The World’s Smallest Pair of Jorts
(Found in 2022)
Do these classify as “janties” or a “jong”?
17. Tons of Tiny Hands Creating Various Gestures
(Found in 2018)
A little bird told us that somebody was throwin’ hands.
16. This Bonehead
(Found in 2022)
Found all alone with no body.
15. This Elusive and Endangered Bikini Beach Gator
(Found in 2018)
Patrolling the water for crocodiles, a completely different species that prefers salt-water habitats.
14. This Artsy Plaster Corset
(Found in 2016)
It might not be functional, but at least it’s fashionable.
13. A Pair of Mannequin Legs
(Found in 2021)
Signed by Slugger, Cowboy and Billy Bob.
12. A Delightful Display of Dicks
(Found in 2016)
This one goes by Big Richard.
11. A Hulk Fist…attached to this…pole
(Found in 2016)
What do strippers and giants have in common?
They both grind bones to make bread.
10. A Toilet-Papered Chopper
(Found in 2018)
Maybe its owner wiped out?
9. A Cardboard Cutout of a Guy Whose Vest Reads, “RIP Matt Mackenzie Sturgis 2019
(Found in 2019)
As near as we could tell, this is Matt in the cutout, and Matt passed away in a motorcycle accident in late July of that year, possibly en route to Sturgis. Godspeed, Matt.
8. A Dinghy
(Found in 2016)
Ding-dong ditch.
7. The World’s Sweetest Cat
(Found in 2021)
His name is Karl now, and he’s living his best life.
6. A Portable Wiener Dangler
(Found in 2023)
Franks for all the memories during the burnouts behind Bikini Beach!
5. A Knightmare Combo
(Found in 2025)
A suit of armor, suplex edition.
4. A Fiery Romance Waiting to be Kindled
(Found in 2023)
May this story be told at their wedding one day.
3. A Partially Used Box of Emergency Underpants
(Found in 2022)
Doo what you gotta doo to keep partying.
2. She’s Got Leg! She Knows How to Use It!
(Found in 2023)
Doubles as a beer coozie in a pinch.
1. An Urn Full of Ashes
(Found in 2021)
RIP Brother.
See what else showed up in the Buffalo Chip lost and found in 2025 here! Judging by what we’ve seen, it could literally be anything.
