Residents of Cockermouth, Cumbria are reportedly perplexed by a bicycle that has been left locked up in the town’s Market Place for more than a month and a half without its owner returning to retrieve it.
The bike – blue and made by British Eagle – has been there since late June, with one local, Andy Rodger, pinpointing the date he first noticed it, reports the Times & Star.
"I remember the day as I was still shocked from the Brexit result. I walk two dogs here every Monday and Friday and noticed the bike. It's a good bike and well-maintained."
The bicycle is secured to a bike stand close to local bike shop 4Play Cycles – yes, really – whose Adam Stitt said: "At first I thought it was someone working in the area who was arriving earlier than me, and leaving later but it's been there a long time."
The owner of another local business, Cockermouth Petcare, said: "It just worries me that no one has claimed it. At first I thought someone had maybe cycled to the pub and then got a taxi home but it's been here so long now."
A case perhaps of a Leave voter celebrating the referendum result with one too many or a Remain supporter drowning their sorrows?
Whatever the reason for it being left there, it’s not the only mystery bike we’ve covered this year.
In May we reported how a London hire bike turned up 18 months after it had been hired, the giveaway being that it still carried Barclays rather than Santander branding.