A dilemma, homeless stuff
I went for a walk this morning at the local swamp. There were garbage bags full of clothing in a heap near the entrance. Looked like maybe 5 or 6 bags of stuff. There was also a duffel bag sitting on top that looked newer. It was open so I looked inside and there was a laptop.
It was raining and this laptop was going to be toast, so I tossed the bag in the car thinking I could track down the owner somehow.
Not a soul around. Whoever owns all this stuff is in hiding somewhere, or doesn't know their stuff is sitting here maybe. Hard to guess.
I haven't turned the laptop on, but inside that bag were other items. Some papers that identified the owner, but they are all dated 2018. One of the sheets had a phone number so I called it but some guy answered and he did not know who this person is. He suspected the number had been reused.
There was a bunch of clothing in there, some shirts, maybe 5 bra's, some napkins, pencils. Power cable to laptop is in there too.
All the clothing was soaked. The laptop had water dripping off it. it may be toast already, but I will not turn it on like this. Let it dry first.
I hung everything up to dry it and tossed a few things in the dryer including that duffel bag.
Question is, what to do with it all. I don't want it myself, should I take it to police station? Do they do anything with homeless possessions?
I kind of wish I could track down the owner and maybe help them out, but not sure how someone does that.
I do have the name of this person from the paperwork. It is a female from India, maybe 28yrs old, and there are papers requesting money that I guess she couldn't pay. Very sad.
It was raining and this laptop was going to be toast, so I tossed the bag in the car thinking I could track down the owner somehow.
Not a soul around. Whoever owns all this stuff is in hiding somewhere, or doesn't know their stuff is sitting here maybe. Hard to guess.
I haven't turned the laptop on, but inside that bag were other items. Some papers that identified the owner, but they are all dated 2018. One of the sheets had a phone number so I called it but some guy answered and he did not know who this person is. He suspected the number had been reused.
There was a bunch of clothing in there, some shirts, maybe 5 bra's, some napkins, pencils. Power cable to laptop is in there too.
All the clothing was soaked. The laptop had water dripping off it. it may be toast already, but I will not turn it on like this. Let it dry first.
I hung everything up to dry it and tossed a few things in the dryer including that duffel bag.
Question is, what to do with it all. I don't want it myself, should I take it to police station? Do they do anything with homeless possessions?
I kind of wish I could track down the owner and maybe help them out, but not sure how someone does that.
I do have the name of this person from the paperwork. It is a female from India, maybe 28yrs old, and there are papers requesting money that I guess she couldn't pay. Very sad.
