When Chantal Clarke and a friend took her dog for a walk along a Gold Coast beach, she made an unexpected find.

Key points:

  • Chantal Clarke found a plastic urn on a Gold Coast beach 
  • It is believed to contain the remains of a man by the name of George Esztergomy
  • Ms Clarke is trying to find the man’s family

There nestled in the wet sand at Broadwater laid a blue plastic box with a name printed on it – George Esztergomy.

“I thought I was going for a walk to pick up trash, I didn’t expect to pick up a bloke,” Ms Clarke said.

“I couldn’t just leave him there. Now he’s staying with me in the apartment on the window overlooking good views.

“My kids were horrified I brought him home.”

Ms Clarke said she believed the urn still contained the ashes of Mr Esztergomy as it was still sealed.

She is trying to track down his loved ones to return the remains.

The plastic urn is labelled with the name George Esztergomy.(Supplied: Chantal Clarke)

A label on the urn showed Mr Esztergomy, aged 55, died and was cremated in June 2014.

Also on the label was Fulham Funerals and SA Cremation Services, which led Ms Clarke to contact ABC Adelaide.

Chantal Clarke hopes the ashes can be reunited with family. (Facebook)

“I rang the funeral home … but they said they had to go through archives because he died a long time ago,” she said. 

Fulham Funerals is trying to contact the man’s family.

The Broadwater resident said an online search gleaned little insight into who the deceased was, but she believed the name was Hungarian.

Ms Clarke said the urn was sealed and “heavier than I expected”, suspecting water may have entered the container.

“The label is partially damaged. I don’t think it’s been in the water for more than a week,” Ms Clarke said.

Ms Clarke hopes the remains can be reunited with his family.