Man Tries To Board Plane With Severed Seal's Head

[matcom]

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In this age of heightened airport security, screeners are under stringent orders to carefully screen baggage for items not suitable for air travel. Yesterday at Logan Airport they discovered one for the books: the severed head of a harbor seal.

Granted, there are no known security risks associated with severed seal heads, but it immediately raised the concerns of airport security agents. They discovered it in a small canvas cooler and immediately notified state and federal authorities, according to Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority.

The head was apparently checked in by a Colorado man in his 40s, officials said. His identity was not released.

The man, who bound for Denver, told investigators that he is a biology professor and that he had found a dead seal on Revere Beach, officials said. He then cut off its head so he could take it home for educational purposes, he told them.

After more than an hour of questioning at the airport by federal and state authorities, investigators said the man was allowed to board a plane -- without the seal's head.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/03/20/man_tries_to_board_plane_with_seals_head/

[GOPisEvil]

1. I always ship my severed animals parts via FedEx.

Some people have to learn the hard way.

[Pert_UK]

2. Looks like you've blown a seal....No, it's just frost on my top lip......

A-diddly hey!

P.

[DS1]

3. Obviously didn't get the D.O.T.'s Seal of Approval

[trumad]

4. This guy

http://photo.sing365.com/music/picture.nsf/SingerPicUnid/48256C71003578A2482568950029B515/$file/seal.jpg

[blondeatlast]

5. "Granted, there are no known security risks associated with severed seal

heads, but it immediately raised the concerns of airport security agents."

Even at their pathetic minimum wage, they can smell something fishy...

HAH!