The TSA has issued its Top 10 list of the most unusual items found at airport checkpoints in 2016.
All are somewhat alarming, although not all were prohibited from being carried onto a plane.
For starters, there were five dead endangered seahorses inside an oversized bottle of brandy, a replica suicide vest spotted and a trailer hitch cover shaped like a hand grenade.
Then there was the five-bladed flogger someone tried to take onto a plane at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
The list also includes a Hello Kitty-themed firearm found at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut and a movie prop corpse that was spotted at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport checkpoint that evidently had a ticket and was permitted to board, along with its very much alive travel companion.
All ten items are featured in the quirky video in which TSA social media specialist Bob Burns offers a charmingly corny countdown of the list.
Most items in the video will be familiar to those who follow the TSA blog or its popular Instagram account, where the agency shares a weekly report on the number of firearms (loaded and unloaded) and posts photos of notable “finds.”
Travelers who would like to make sure the contents of their carry-on luggage aren’t included in TSA’s 2017 Top Ten List can check to see if an item is permitted on the TSA’s “Can I bring my… through the security checkpoint” tool or on the “Ask TSA” Facebook Messenger site.
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