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Look above the doorway to Pearl Street Pizzeria & Pub in Downtown Indianapolis and you just might see a scooter — or two.

On a ledge. A full story above you.

It just keeps happening, said Andrew Pankowski, the restaurant's general manager.

At least 20 scooters have perched there over the last three months, Pankowski estimated.

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A Lime scooter popped up there a few days ago, Pankowski said, just to be joined by a second.

Perhaps it's lonely up there.

It's a mystery exactly how the scooters end up there or who's putting them there — though Pankowski has a hunch — but they do have a routine for getting the things down.

"We were just throwing stuff up there (to get them down) and stuff like that, and then the building manager was just like, 'Listen, you're going to hurt someone if you do that.'"

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So now the building superintendent uses a rope to bring them down. And sometimes they come down on their own.

“We had one fall," the restaurant manager said. "Luckily no one was around.”

When the scooters are down where they belong, Pankowski doesn't mind them. He said customers ride them to the restaurant.

But they do occasionally end up lying in the doorway, blocking the alley or sitting high up on the ledge.

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“We have to take them down and chase them all over the place all the time,” Pankowski said.

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When emailed a picture of the high-up scooters, a Lime spokesperson said he alerted their local team.

You can report misplaced Lime scooters by calling 888-546-3345, emailing support@li.me or using Lime's app.

You can report misplaced Bird scooters by calling 866-205-2442, emailing hello@bird.co or using Bird's app.

Pankowski hasn't contacted Bird or Lime about it.

“That’s one of the least crazy things I’ve seen in this alleyway.”