SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police are trying to find the rightful owner of a right prosthetic leg that was found leaning against a tree last week.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the leg, which has a brown lace-up shoe on its' foot, is worth about $7,000.
Police say the leg is in fine shape.
An officer found the limb at Eighth and Market streets, and picked it up for safekeeping. The officer checked with a one-legged panhandler who begs in front of a San Francisco mall. He sometimes removes his leg to attract more sympathy and money.
But when police went by, the man was there begging. His leg was hooked to the back of his wheelchair.
Police say people occasionally remove their prosthetic limb to bathe or swim. The owner of the leg should contact San Francisco police.
