Behold, the legend of the lost leg.
Brenda Ogden tells the BBC that she had gone to the beach to go swimming with her prosthetic leg, which was custom-made after her original leg was amputated after she was in a car crash.
“I was very excited because I had this new limb that I could go into the water with,” Ogden says.
Before she could even get in the water, though, Ogden was posing for a photo when a wave crashed into her and took her leg with it.
“I really couldn’t believe I lost it,” Ogden says. “One minute we were standing up smiling, the next minute it was disappearing off.”
Amazingly, the leg was spotted 10 months later by Elizabeth Forbes, who was walking up the coastline when she saw something that looked like “an upside down lemonade bottle.”
After Forbes posted an image of the leg on social media, it was confirmed to be Ogden’s missing limb. It’s since been sent back to Ogden, where it belongs.
“It’s come a long way,” Ogden says. “It still managed to have its sock on the foot which is quite funny.”