‘What is wrong with people’: Internet aghast as TSA finds bag of snakes hidden inside passenger’s pants at Miami International Airport

The man was brought for a pat-down, during which he admitting to hiding the reptiles
PUBLISHED MAY 5, 2024
A passenger traveling from Miami International Airport in Florida had a bag of snakes in his pants (iflymiami/Instagram, @TSA_Gulf/X)
A passenger traveling from Miami International Airport in Florida had a bag of snakes in his pants (iflymiami/Instagram, @TSA_Gulf/X)

MIAMI, FLORIDA: A passenger traveling from Miami International Airport in Florida was stopped by security after he was found with a bag of snakes hidden down his pants, according to ABC News

On Friday, April 26, security guards were alerted by alarms. The man was brought for a pat-down, during which he admitted to hiding the reptiles.

TSA finds bag of snakes hidden inside passenger’s pants

Airport security officers in Miami were in for a shock as a bag of snakes was found hidden in a passenger's pants.

TSA officers at the Miami International Airport discovered the reptiles hidden in what appeared to be a sunglasses’ bag, in the trousers of the brazen flyer at an airport checkpoint on April 26, according to a post on X by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).



 

The post featured a picture of two small pink snakes that were found in the bag. The TSA said Miami-Dade Police and US Customs and Border Protection were called in for assistance. The snakes were later turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A TSA spokesman told The Independent that the passenger was attempting to take an international flight but had “basically admitted there were snakes in his pants” when the alarms had sounded.

A spokesperson said airport security uses Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) to detect irregularities.

"It showed that there was an anomaly in the groin area and it marks it for a pat-down. When the passenger came through they said that they needed to do a pat-down and that’s when he admitted that there were snakes in his pants," the spokesperson said. 

Internet reacts to snakes in pants incident

Ever since the incident went viral, social media users shared their views.

One Instagram user said, "New meaning of trouser snake." 

Another user said, "That's crazy!!!."

A user said, "They must be some expensive exotic snakes or something. That is very strange." 

A user said, "Wow, that is utterly disgusting."

Another user said, "Florida never ceases to surprise me."

Another user said, "Snakes On a plane needs to stay a movie." 

A user said, "What is wrong with people."

The next user said, "I am speechless."

While a user said, "I would be so annoyed if I had to open a lil baggy of snakes to start my work shift." 

This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online.

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