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Florida Woman Tries To Slip Emotional Support Snake Past TSA…

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 10, 2023November 13, 2023 4 Comments

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A woman traveling from Tampa tried to slip her boa constrictor past the TSA inside her carry-on bag. When confronted, she called the reptile her emotional support snake.

Lady Stuffs Her Emotional Support Snake In Carry-On Bag, Tries To Fly From Tampa, Florida

While passing through the security checkpoint at Tampa International Airport (TPA), Transpiration Security Administration (TSA) officials noticed something peculiar inside a carry-on bag. It appeared to be a four-foot snake, but could it really be?

Yes indeed. When confronted, the woman admitted that “Barthomolew” was her “emotional support pet.”

The snake was not permitted to fly.

Snake on a plane? This is a @TSA X-ray of Bartholomew, a boa constrictor who was in a traveler’s carry-on bag at @FlyTPA last month. Woman claimed the snake was her emotional support pet. TSA notified the airline, which ruled that there was not going to be a snake on their plane! pic.twitter.com/kSg6YeRluU

— Lisa Farbstein, TSA Spokesperson (@TSA_Northeast) January 6, 2023

Of course, the TSA could not avoid sharing about the incident in Instagram on a post laced with cheesy dad puns:

There’s a danger noodle in that bag…

Our officers at Tampa International Airport didn’t find this hyssssssterical! Coiled up in a passenger’s carry-on was a 4’ boa constrictor! We really have no adder-ation for discovering any pet going through an x-ray machine.

Do you have asp-irations of taking a snake on a plane? Don’t get upsetti spaghetti by not understanding your airline’s rules. For instance, airlines don’t allow nope ropes in carry-on bags and only a few allow them to slither around in checked bags, if packaged correctly.

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CONCLUSION

In this case, I will simply say thank you to the TSA for catching this snake before it boarded the flight. And to the woman: shame on you. If I were in charge, we’d be serving 蛇羹 tonight.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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4 Comments

  1. Gammyjill Reply
    January 10, 2023 at 2:23 pm

    “Florida Woman” sums it up quite nicely.

  2. pmbasb Reply
    January 10, 2023 at 3:49 pm

    Trasnpiration Security??? Come onnnnnnnnn…. Editor! Editor!!

  3. Mike Reply
    January 10, 2023 at 11:16 pm

    Hey, Florida man, I gotta woman I wanna introduce you to….

  4. Jamieo Reply
    January 11, 2023 at 2:24 am

    Snakes on a Plane!

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