Sergio Veri, Riva San Vitale/FacebookThe wagon-like contraption appears to be from the 20th century, but no one is sure where it came from.

High in the mountains of Europe, melting glaciers have started to expose incredible objects. In recent years, archaeologists have documented 1,300-year-old arrows, artifacts from World War I, and even the remains of missing hikers. Recently, a hiker in the Swiss Alps came across what appears to be a bamboo wagon — but archaeologists aren’t sure exactly what it is.

Experts know two things: the two-wheeled object is made of bamboo and seems to be from the 20th century. Otherwise, the contraption is leading to more questions than answers.

According to a Facebook post from the Canton of Graubünden, the object was found on Nov. 2, 2024, by a Swiss hiker named Sergio Veri. While walking through the Splügen Pass area of the Swiss Alps, which lies near the border of Switzerland and Italy, Veri noticed a “curious object” in the “far melted Schwarzhorn Glacier.”

Sergio Veri, Riva San Vitale/FacebookThe object was found “at the bottom end” of the largely melted glacier.