It is common that many people lose their articles when riding amusement rides, especially thrill rides. Often the lost things are cellphone, glasses, money, jewelries and so on. Sinorides here gives a list of 10 unusual things that people lose on thrill rides — some tangible, some physical and some psychological. Keep reading for a strange trip!
- Prosthetic Limbs
At Six Flags Great America, a woman was once separated from her prosthetic leg during an acrobatic journey on Batman: The Ride. At least she had the sense to claim it at lost and found.
- Body Parts
Sadly, a surprising number of people lose body parts — and even die — at amusement parks every year.
- Their Lunch
Every heart-pounding ascent and stomach-dropping plunge is calculated to deliver precise jolts of fear, panic and ecstasy. But every so often, the squeeze of a corkscrew or the weightlessness of a steep drop is a little too much for the pile of nacho cheese fries churning in your belly, and before you can say, “Look out below!” you blow.
- Dignity
Fabio and Jay Leno yuck it up on “The Tonight Show”, a couple years before Fabio’s unfortunate encounter with a goose — which Leno called “a collision between two birdbrains”.
- Bachelorhood
Asking someone to marry you is a lot like riding a roller coaster. Your heart races, your palms sweat and there’s a pretty good chance that you’re going to puke before it’s over. So why not combine the two!