Tuesday, November 16, 2010

The Unclaimed Baggage Center

"First of all you come to Atlanta and you don't even look me up," my friend Virginia told me.

"Then you go to the Unclaimed Baggage center?? I always thought that place was myth! We talk about it all the time at Delta Airlines."

Yes Virginia, there is an Unclaimed Baggage Center - it's a few miles across the Georgia border. Round these parts:


(The middle of nowhere, in other words).

It's the stuff of legend.


You know when you're waiting in the airport for your bags to bust out from behind the vinyl curtain? Ever notice that lonesome looking pile of leftover suitcases?

Well, some of them make their way here. 2,000 pounds are delivered each day!


This place is surreal. They sell other people's shiz. Designer bags, shoes, perfumes, makeup...

Even their undies!


I saw a room of wedding dresses too. And I'm not even going to think about the provenance of the small cemetery behind the building.

Unclaimed bodies?