{"id":620755,"date":"2026-04-21T05:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620755\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:48:11","slug":"unclaimed-prosthetic-leg-found-on-nsw-beach-as-police-search-for-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620755\/","title":{"rendered":"Unclaimed prosthetic leg found on NSW beach as police search for owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A prosthetic leg washed up on a NSW Mid North Coast beach remains unclaimed, and police are working to track down its owner.<\/p>\n<p>Jess White said she and her fianc\u00e9, Chris, came across the limb while fishing near Scotts Head on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>They found the leg about four kilometres from the 4WD access point, where the receding tide uncovered it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/6e368206-edee-46f6-9a71-471b5153fd43.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>The leg was found about four kilometres from the 4WD access point, where the receding tide uncovered it. (Supplied)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/63cee3bd-bdcb-4631-a9bf-908768aa4657.jpeg\"   alt=\"Scotts Head NSW\"\/>A prosthetic leg washed up near Scotts Head remains unclaimed. (Scotts Head Community Group)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It had some barnacles on it, but being no expert, we can&#8217;t say how long it&#8217;s been out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>White immediately contacted the police after finding it, then followed their advice to hand it in.<\/p>\n<p>After reviewing Jess&#8217; image, David Lee Gow, Director and Principal Prosthetist at ProMotion Prosthetics, said the artificial limb resembles one designed for water-based activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It appears that the prosthetic has been in the water for some time,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that unexpected forces, such as a large wave or a fall from a jet ski, could have caused the prosthesis to detach from the residual limb.<\/p>\n<p>Gow estimated the cost of such a device to be between $11,000 and $16,000.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/64584d3b-cc83-48f7-83d3-552414ffb4f9.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>The find drew attention online after it was shared in a local community group. (Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>The unlikely find has drawn attention online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After speaking with the police, I posted it on the local Facebook page, and it blew up from there,&#8221; White said.<\/p>\n<p>Police told nine.com.au that a prosthetic leg was handed in to Nambucca Heads Police Station yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are continuing their inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A prosthetic leg washed up on a NSW Mid North Coast beach remains unclaimed, and police are working&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-620755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}