Unusual things you own

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Hey, I posted with 'you' instead of 'ya'! So, this thread is about the more unusual things you own in your possession, that are out-of-the-ordinary. Here goes........
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I own several pairs of these things called 'stirrup stockings', which are baseball socks that are footless, and have these arches in the front and back. They come in several colors, and more info can be found here.

I've got a couple of Native American skin shields that were given to me by my step-dad.

A wind-up, walking, glow in the dark penis.

Novelty gifts are common in my family.

A traditional Sub-Saharan African mask. I think I brought the curse home with me too!

I would much rather have the wind-up, walking, glow in the dark penis though, wanna trade?

They're pretty easy to find online. Just search for Wind-Up Willy.

I'm on it!

Mental patient media corp

a cassette tape [anybody remember those?] with "the sounds of mental illness" recorded on it.
a lump of fake skin given to me by a dermatological sales rep in the hospital I used to work in.
a neurophone, a device which purports to bypass the auditory nerve and communicate sound to the brain via the peripheral nervous system.
CEDAR digital declicker/decrackle duo, for removing impulse noise from phonograph recordings.
a Bikee AT recumbent bike.
a 1-watt blue laser, may not seem like much but it can burn holes in things including skin.
a 70s era gulbransen "theatrum" organ.
a "spirit box" that purports to let disincarnate spirits communicate with the living. I turned it on once, after a few minutes of searching and nonsense syllables, it clearly spoke "DROP DEAD!" to me. I turned it off, removed the batteries and put it away in a drawer. I walked outside hoping for fresh air after that, only to be greeted by an amorphous opaque dark gray cloud hovering behind my car parked in the carport, which hovered in place for a few seconds then disappeared. I went back inside.

I have a crystal skull made out of jade & I have a knife collection that includes some other related weapons.

a music CD with a transcription of one of the earliest full-length electrical phonograph recordings on it, a 1927 performance of the Philadelphia orchestra under leopold Stokowski performing "Scheherazade" and "Russian Easter overture." a pair of "dreamtoons" comic-styled books of dream illustrations. a black light laser.

Nick-knacks from a deconsecrated chapel
Small collection of radioactive objects
Autographed copy of Christine Jorgensen's Autobiography
Early 1950's magnetic core memory array
Life-size replica of the Rosetta Stone
Seeds from the tree outside our honeymoon window
Magnolia branch watercolors painted by my mom

a machined titanium manual-crank surgical drill. it is a jewel.

Nothing, really.

It's all pretty usual and appropriate for other collectors.

I'd keep the skulls of animals I've kapowed (feral ones on da farm), but ma thinks that's gross. I'm under her roof, so ma rules apply. This might be unusual if I did, but then again, it might not. Seen plenty of people do it.

A 5cm-diameter ball of hair (like a rubber band ball).
A list of cuddle-themed city name ideas for strategy games (stuck on the wall by my desk).
A book entitled "52 things to do while you poo".
41 Star Wars novels.
Chewable stim toys.
An expired British Naturism membership card that was never used because I was too shy to ever try it.
A specialised Marmite spreader knife thing.

I have a bunch of relatively rare fossils, coins, sports memorabilia, not an active collector but that's about as unusual as it gets with me really off the top of my head. I'm a fairly sentimental person so there are a lot of things I have that might not mean anything to anybody else.