Arizona DOT workers find mystery machine and no one can figure out what it does

Updated Dec 2, 2015

A crew of transportation workers in Mesa, Arizona found some kind of mystery machine recently, and the city is taking to the internet to find out what it is.

According to the City of Mesa, the Transportation Department is hoping someone can help them figure out with the heavy piece of equipment is and who it belongs to. The steel machine, which weighs over 1,000 pounds was found in the north part of town near a road.

Mesa worker Bill McLeod told Fox 10 in Phoenix he’s stumped.

“I have been around heavy equipment all my life, this is a machinist type object, I just don’t know much about it,” McLeod said.”We went and picked it up with a crane and brought it back to the yard, it belongs to someone, we want to return it to the rightful owner.”

Business Insider picked up the story and asked their readers what the machine could be. Some commenters seemed to think the mystery equipment was some kind of tablet press, but nothing has been verified.

Do you recognize what the mystery machine might be?