Hi I’m Bob from world5list and when you fly you totally expect to see snakes, lobsters
and… dead bodies right?
Join me as I take you to the skies to discover nine of the weirdest things that people have
brought onto planes
9.
Snakes
Ok, say it with me everyone, “I am tired, of the these mother-freaking snakes, on this
mother-freaking plane!!!!”
...feel better?
Good!
Because though “Snakes On A Plane” may have been a cultural phenomenon of sorts...it’s
actually happened for real.
No, snakes weren’t put onto a plane in an attempt to kill someone (at least, not that
we’ve found…) but there have been people who have brought literal snakes on literal
planes.
And sometimes… they arent exactly small
And that’s not even the weirdest one!
In 2011, a man carefully secured and hid IN HIS PANTS seven different snakes...and two
turtles.
Why he needed to secure these snakes (and the turtles) in such a way is beyond on.
But needless to say, he was arrested when they were discovered.
Why do you need to bring snakes on a plane?
Are you trying to be funny?
Are you trying to prank someone?
The only thing we can rationale is that they’re pets, but there’s a way to transfer pets
safely on a plane, did you just not trust the airline?
Are you so desperate to know that your snake is nearby that the thought of not having that
feeling unnerves you?!?!
Any way you look at it, if you try and sneak a snake onto a plane?
You’re weird.
8.
Therapy Animals
We could go on for days about the ways that animals have been snuck onto planes (come
to think of it...you’ll see some on this list), but there is, in fact, a way to do
it legally.
It doesn’t involve sneaking, or even sleight of hand.
All that you have to do...is have a doctor’s note.
Confused?
Well, there are such things called “Therapy Animals”.
These are animals that accompany humans in order to keep them calm, or emotionally stable,
or even help keep them focused (which is odd when you think about it) so that they can
do work.
It’s a real practice, and it’s been proven to work.
So...why is it on the list?
Well, because some of the creatures used for therapy animals are well...weird.
Like...a duck.
We’re not kidding.
Or, how about a turkey?
Still not kidding, there’s picture proof of this.
Seriously, what about a duck or a turkey is calming?
They make loud noises, they can be very aggressive, and more!
Now, some people have gotten really clever (and cute) in picking their Therapy Animals.
For example, one person has a kangaroo as theirs.
Well done.
7.
A Dead Body
I know what you’re thinking, “There’s no way that really happened!”
But yeah, it did.
And it almost worked!
So, back in 2010, two ladies were trying to “transport” their relative to Berlin.
Nothing wrong with that, right?
Well...when they were wheeling this relative around, TSA felt like something was wrong
here, so they checked the man out.
Turns out, he was dead.
They were trying to get a dead body onto a plane.
Classy.
Here’s the kicker, the wife of the man (who was one of the people trying to get him onto
the plane) claims she didn’t know he was dead.
Same with the stepdaughter that was also trying to help get him on the plane.
Believable?
We think not.
Why?
Well, this particular man had sunglasses over his eyes.
We’re going to take a shot in the dark and say we don’t think he put them on himself
before dying.
We’re just saying.
Give them props for pulling a “Weekend At Bernie’s”, but their execution lacked
finnese.
It’s about all about the details ladies.
Ironically enough, we don’t know what happened to these three after the ladies were stopped.
Mysteries of life, am I right?
6.
Parachutes
Check this out.
While we were researching things for this topic, we came across a list of items that
you actually can bring onto an airplane.
Some of them we thought were fair, others were straight up weird (and we’ll talk about
them later), and then...we found out...you can actually bring a parachute onto an airplane.
No, you can, for real.
In fact, the rule you have to follow when bringing a parachute onto a plane (as carry-on
luggage, obviously) is that it has to be packed separately from your other things.
Meaning, if you are bringing it, it has to be in its own bag.
Look, we get it.
No, we really do.
Flying is terrifying!
You’re traveling in a machine that by all rights shouldn’t be able to get off the
ground, you’re basically floating tens of thousands of feet into the air, and we’ve
all heard the stories of planes that go down in one form or another.
But how terrified must you be that you actually decide to bring your own parachute to the
flight you’re on?
Here’s another thing to think about, if you open the door required for you to jump
out of the plane so you can open your parachute, you’re basically killing all the other people
on the plane.
You can survive a crash landing depending on how the plane lands.
But you can’t survive the pressure dropping inside the cabin as you do so.
So if you bring a parachute, you better understand what you’re doing if you actually plan to
use it.
If you can get to it in time to use it at all that is.
5.
“Hidden” Animals
We lightly touched upon this before in regards to the snakes (I’m tired of these mother...kidding!),
but the truth is, people get both weird and creative when they’re trying to sneak animals
onto a plane.
And you honestly have to wonder what the heck they’re thinking.
Here’s a creepy example, a couple tried to conceal 200 tarantulas within their luggage.
Forget the question of, “Why do you have 200 tarantulas?” or “Why are you trying
to take 200 tarantulas with you on a flight?”
Let’s consider the question of, “How creative did you have to get to try and conceal 200
tarantulas so that they wouldn’t get noticed?”
If it was two?
Sure, we can buy that sneaking through TSA. 20?
You’re pushing it, but sure.
200?
Not on your life, and sure enough, they didn’t get through.
But someone else did.
And they weren’t the only ones who tried to sneak animals through in interesting ways.
A lady actually hid her chihuahua with a bug, sealed it up, and ran it through security.
Needless to say, the TSA were...dogging her....about it...we’ll move on.
A near-successful heist that should definitely not be praised was a lady who tried to sneak
a tiger cub out of the country.
We’ll give her props for creativity, she put the cub in a bag full of stuff animals.
Thankfully, the TSA saw the cub move, and thus saved it, got it back to its habitat,
and the lady was arrested.
Trust us, the list goes on and on, if people think there’s an animal that they can sneak
onto a plane, they’ve likely tried it.
The sad thing is that it’s worked more times than you might think.
Just goes to show that if you’re clever enough, you might be able to pull a fast one.
Be prepared to face the consequences if you don’t though.
4.
A Cannonball
Trust us, we WISH we were making this up.
To be fair, this was an honest man just trying to transport a cannonball.
In fact, he was a diver who found the cannonball near a shipwreck during one of his dives,
and he tried to take it home apparently.
So, what’s the issue?
Well, while cannonballs usually blow up via fuses or extreme impacts (like when they hit
an enemy ship), they can also...um...explode on their own.
Like spontaneously.
So when TSA found this man trying to transport this onto a plane, they shut a lot of things
down to ensure that no one was hurt while they got rid of it.
Thinking logically, how much money would it have cost the man to transport it?
Seriously, cannonballs are heavy, so he would’ve had to pay a hefty sum to make it on board,
if he made it on board at all that is.
Again, it’s people, what do you expect?
3.
Fish and Lobsters
At this point, you must think we’re pulling your leg, but in fact, we’re really not.
In fact, both fish and lobsters ARE allowed to be in your luggage under certain conditions.
For example, live fish can be put into clear plastic containers that are spill proof (meaning
that the water won’t leak onto the plane if they get shaken around).
It’s perfectly legal, and yet, there was a case of a man trying to transport 240 live
fish via regular suitcases that had nothing but the fish and water in them.
Seriously, do people not even look at what can and can’t bring in?
It’d save them so much trouble.
Oh, as for the lobster, that’s no joke, you can not only bring them onto planes, they
can be a part of your carry-on luggage!
There’s only one catch, when you reach a checkpoint, a TSA agent will inspect to make
sure the lobster is still there and alive and other things to ensure it’s not a threat.
Apparently, the biggest lobster ever recorded being brought onto a plane wa about 20 pounds.
Why?
We don’t know, we’re starting to lose faith in humanity at this point.
I suppose if you’re a member of a Red Lobster than maybe this would make sense.
Or maybe it’s a pet?
Lobsters can be pets we suppose.
You know what?
Let’s just move on.
2.
Human Skulls and Human Remains
Yep, it’s time to get grim.
There have been many cases of people trying to bring in human skulls on planes.
And we’re talking real human skulls.
Fun fact though, artificial bones are perfectly legal to bring on board, they just have to
be verified that they are indeed fake.
Anyway, in Florida in 2013, a couple of passengers tried to transport some pots through security.
Nothing wrong with that, right?
Wrong.
Because these pots had fragments of human skulls.
Naturally, the passengers said they had no idea that they were inside those pots.
Uh-huh.
The true irony here was because there wasn’t a clear clue about how this all happened (in
regards to the skulls being in the pots), a crime scene unit was called in, and the
pots couldn’t be moved until evidence was collected.
As for the “human remains” bit, this is actually quite legal, under the right circumstances.
First off, it has to be cremated remains (which if we’re being honest, does make sense).
However, the jar or container that they are in must be transparent, as the TSA as to look
into it and determine what it is.
If they cannot see and determine what’s inside it, they will reject it.
Like we said, transporting cremated remains makes sense, it can be a loved one, a family
member, and you want them at your side for the journey.
Totally fine.
Lot better than human skulls, that’s for sure.
1.
Weapons
We’ll admit, this isn’t weird, people often do try and sneak weapons on board for
nefarious purposes.
However, sometimes they get really weird in trying to get them on board.
What’s more, sometimes the people who try and sneak them on board aren’t the ones
you expect.
We mean this quite literally, as an elderly man was detained at JFK airport one time because
his walker had a knife hidden on it.
See the picture above for proof, he really did it.
Granted, it wasn’t the most imposing knife ever, but you have to wonder what this elderly
man was thinking trying to get a knife on board.
Was it for quick protection?
Did he have other things in mind?
We’re not sure, but it most definitely threw TSA for a loop.