Have you ever felt nervous walking through customs with an extra bottle of soda stashed
in your carry-on?
Not been sure if that oatmeal bar bought in Mexico will damage the ecosystem in Michigan?
Well rest assured, because airport security around the world have seen items tucked away
in luggage that make your petty transgressions pale in significance.
From the bizarre to the dangerous to the simply baffling, we take a look at some of the strange
stuff passengers try to pass through customs.
So just what are some of the strangest items airport security have had to deal with over
the years?
That’s what we’ll find out, in this episode of The Infographics Show – The Ten Craziest
Things that have been found by Airport Security.
A Dead Body.
It costs a lot of money to transport a corpse by air, and to avoid this additional expenditure,
why not try to slip the body on that scheduled flight incognito?
If Weekend at Bernie’s is any indication, a pair of sunglasses and a wheelchair is all
that’s normally required to pull off this scam.
Load up your deceased relative and cross your fingers.
And people do this.
A lot.
And who can blame those grieving relatives for trying to pull such a stunt.
After all, the funeral won’t pay for itself.
Human skull fragments.
Passengers in Ft.
Lauderdale were held up in 2013 while the ceramic pots they’d bought on holiday were
forensically examined.
Turns out their souvenirs contained fragments of human skull later treated as crime scene
evidence.
And that’s one holiday souvenir they’re never gonna forget.
Roasted human fetuses.
Chow Hok Kuen, a British Citizen, was arrested in Bangkok in 2012 when six infant fetuses,
roasted before wrapped in gold leaf, were found in his luggage.
It was unclear where the bodies had come from but they were definitely intended for a bizarre
black magic ritual.
A Cannonball.
All the passengers aboard a flight at Ft.
Lauderdale were delayed in 2012 when it became apparent an old cannonball had been checked
in as luggage.
Turns out one of the passengers (an offshore diver) decided to bring back the old cannonball
that had caught his eye while diving around a shipwreck.
Little did he know cannonballs can retain their explosive properties for years before
suddenly exploding at random.
A Voodoo Head.
US immigration officials arrested a Haitian woman after baggage handlers found a human
head in her luggage at a Florida airport.
Ms Severe stated that she had obtained the package from a witch doctor for use as part
of a voodoo ritual.
An immigration spokesman added “It wasn’t just a skull.
It had teeth, hair, and quite a lot of dirt.”
Gross.
A Chihuahua.
According to the TSA, in March 2015, at LaGuardia Airport, a 7-year-old Chihuahua was discovered
inside a checked suitcase.
The owner, who was flying to Los Angeles, claimed she had no idea the little hound had
sneaked into her suitcase while packing.
We’re not sure if we believe her.
A Samurai Sword.
A passenger at Boston’s Logan airport obviously didn’t read the small print when he tried
to board a flight armed with a samurai sword.
Logic would surely dictate that in an environment where plastic dinner knives are handed out
instead of the real thing, a fighting sword probably wouldn’t cut it with immigration.
A Live Baby.
A couple was pulled aside in the United Arab Emirates for trying to smuggle their newborn
inside a carry-on luggage.
The child, who was without a visa, was discovered by the official manning the x-ray scanner
and their travel plans became seriously delayed.
Venomous Snakes.
A container of dead venomous snakes was found in carry on luggage at Newark Airport.
The reptiles were not permitted to travel as they were stored in a large liquid jar,
and we all know how dangerous liquid can be onboard a flight.
Where is Samuel L. Jackson when we need him?
A Live lobster.
A passenger in Boston was allowed to take onboard his monster 20 pound crustacean.
The huge lobster was cleared by TSA agents and allowed on as carry, showing that sometimes
airport authorities do have a sense of humor.
So what’s the strangest thing you’ve ever tried to take onboard a commercial flight?
Have you ever been stopped and checked at customs?
Tell us about it in the comments!
Also, be sure to check out our other video called The Most Painful Things a Human can
experience, Part 2!
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