The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has found many unusual things when searching through passengers’ bags. This time, they were not ready for the discovery of a fuzzy, orange, living creature during a recent luggage search!
TSA officials at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport discovered a ginger cat when doing a luggage search. An X-ray machine uncovered the cunning cat.
Moreover, TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said the discovery “shocked” the officer. A photograph taken at the scene clearly shows the orange fur protruding from the bag’s zipper.
On her Twitter, she tweeted “a @TSA officer was shocked to find an orange cat inside a checked bag at @JFKairport after it went through the X-ray unit. Traveler said the cat belonged to someone else in his household. On the bright side, the cat’s out of the bag and safely back home.”
A @TSA officer was shocked to find an orange cat inside a checked bag at @JFKairport after it went through the X-ray unit. Traveler said the cat belonged to someone else in his household. On the bright side, the cat’s out of the bag and safely back home. pic.twitter.com/5XZVJLaZNm
— Lisa Farbstein, TSA Spokesperson (@TSA_Northeast) November 22, 2022
TSA also showed some pictures of the cat when it was in the X-ray machine. What’s more interesting is that the pictures shows the cat tucked carefully between some bottles and a wine glass.
Furthermore, TSA tweeted “We’re letting the cat out of the bag on a hiss-toric find. This CATch had our baggage screening officers @JFKairport saying, “Come on meow”! Feline like you have travel questions reach out to our furiends @AskTSA.”
We’re letting the cat out of the bag on a hiss-toric find. This CATch had our baggage screening officers @JFKairport saying, “Come on meow”! Feline like you have travel questions reach out to our furiends @AskTSA. They’re available every day, from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET). pic.twitter.com/LpIkLbAgzC
— TSA (@TSA) November 22, 2022
Sources: @TSA, @TSA_Northeast
