A plumber’s job is usually messy, but typical. Usually, when a plumbing professional goes to do a job, they find the normal stuff – hair clogs, excess toilet paper, and other problems caused by people who don’t know what they should and shouldn’t flush. But here are four really surprising things found by plumbing professionals on the job.

Badger

It’s not too unusual for plumbers to find animals inside drains and pipes, such as fish, turtles, snakes, and other animals. However, one plumber was surprised to find a badger inside a sewer line that was being serviced. Happily, the badger was fine.

Jewelry

One of the things that women especially worry about is their ring going down the drain. One plumber retrieved a charm bracelet worth $10,000 from a toilet in an airport.

Clothing

It is really surprising, the things that people flush down the toilet. Plumbers have found more than 10 pairs of underwear in one toilet and, in another instance, one training bra. So odd!

A 6-Pack

Finally, another plumber found a whole 6-pack of beer in a pipe. It’s mind-boggling, to say the least. Why would anyone do that? And more importantly, how did they do it?

Now that you know some surprising things that plumbers have found in the pipes and plumbing when they were on the job, be careful about what you flush. If it’s not paper or human waste, don’t flush it. Otherwise, you may wind up on a list like this one.