By: Najla Alexander
TSA officials announced that a Pennsylvania man was caught with a turtle concealed in his pants when the Transportation Security Administration body scanner triggered an alarm in the area of the man’s groin on Friday, March 7, at Newark Liberty International Airport.
According to TSA officials, an officer administered a pat-down of the area of the man’s body where the alarm was triggered and in doing so, determined that there was something concealed in the area of the man’s groin.
When asked if something was hidden in his pants, the man, a resident of East Stroudsburg, PA, reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle wrapped in a small blue towel, TSA authorities stated.
TSA officials say that the turtle was estimated to be about 5 inches in length.
The man told officials that it was a red-ear slider turtle, according to TSA officials.