All sorts of animals have been found in people’s luggage over the last few months and this is no exception. A snake almost made its way onto a plane when a four-foot boa contractor was discovered in a passenger’s carry-on luggage.
The Transportation Security Administration posted online about the incident. They explained that the situation occurred on December 15, 2022, at Tampa International Airport in Florida.
The caption for the post said: “Our officers… 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-rations 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.”
A spokesperson for TSA, Lisa Farbstein said that “TSA notified the airline that the woman (with the carry-on) was ticketed to fly on and the airline did not permit the snake on the plane.”
While boa contractors are nonvenomous, they do kill their prey by squeezing them in their strong coils. That doesn’t sound like a very fun flight for anyone involved.