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Transportation safety is certainly paramount, especially in today's world where the threat of terrorism is always present, so it's not surprising that all major airports in the world have vigilant security services, such as, for example, Transportation Security Administration in the United States.

TSA was created after 9/11, and since this time, its agents have prevented many terrorist attacks. Of course, security officers are taught not to trust anyone and see a menace in seemingly harmless objects - but sometimes, from the point of view of an ordinary passenger, their actions look somewhat paranoid, like a real witch hunt.

There is a popular thread on Reddit whose topic starter asked "What's the weirdest reason you were stopped by TSA?" As of today, it already has more than 2.5K upvotes and even more comments - over 2.6K various examples and stories. Interestingly, such cases are reported not only from the United States, but also from many countries around the world.

Bored Panda made a curated list for you of the weirdest and most out-of-the-ordinary reasons for being searched or detained at an airport, so be sure to scroll to the very bottom of this post - what if there is something completely interesting and amazing there?

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#1

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group They thought my insulin pump was a bomb. I was tackled by TSA immediately. I was 14 at the time, still traumatized. Now any time I see any law enforcement I get anxious.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Not in the USA but in France, I got stopped on the way through customs by an agent who said something fast and aggressive-sounding in French. My French isn't great, so I just looked puzzled and said I didn't understand. The guy quickly beckoned another guy over and explained to him in rapid-fire French what was going on. The second guy turned to me and said "He says your T-shirt is really cool and can you tell him where you got it?". It was a Star Wars T-shirt that I got as a birthday present, so I couldn't even tell him where it came from. Luckily, he didn't arrest me.

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Pisco
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had that once traveling, in a train station. The guy asked me about my tshirt (that said "I can speak wookie") and asked me to show him. So i did my best wookie impression (which is terrible btw) and we both had a big laugh. Nice guy, he cheered my morning

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group "Crotch anomaly". I was wearing normal joggers, nothing in my pockets. The lady behind me loudly said "yeah it's called a d**k"

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group My mom passed away unexpectedly in California. I flew out to pick up her ashes and there was a terror alert at LAX. It was unreal; the military was in the airport with what looked like machine guns. I was out of my mind with grief and drugged to the gills. I was dealing with a bad back, and had to fly from
California to a small town in Virginia for the memorial service. Security was heightened and everyone was being searched. I only had a small carry on and my mom’s ashes. When I got to the TSA, the agent wanted me to open my mother’s box of ashes! I refused and insisted they x ray the box instead. It showed nothing inside ( duh- ashes) which convinced the TSA agent that it had some sort of cloaking device and was hiding a bomb. Again he insisted that I open the box that held my mom’s ashes. I was beginning to lose my s**t. I called my husband who works in nuclear power and explained what was going on. He told me to tell the TSA agent to place a coin under the box and send it through the X-ray again. He did and thank goodness he saw the coin. Otherwise I would have been arrested for assaulting a stupid TSA agent.

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LongCoolWomanInABlackDress
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow.. that sounds horrible. Kudos to the husband for quick thinking, something the TSA agent was apparently lacking

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#5

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Glass jellyfish

Like those blown glass ones that are super cool at art galleries.

I got pulled aside into a small room because they thought I was smuggling sea life. Was an interesting time.

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Reese2906Hi
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Sir, we know you have the jellyfish! Don't even try to hide it!"

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#6

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group I have maintained a decent beard and have a darker skin complexion for a white dude. I am "randomly" selected for a search or shoe swab every single time I fly.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

a youtuber 'The Completionist' has to shave every time he travels because without fail he gets selected for a random search every time, and the beard seems to make people more suspicious.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group They searched me when I was 18 and flying alone and said it was because my ID was only a permit. When I went to my connection airport, I told a black TSA women "Do you need to pat me down again because i Have a permit like the last airport?" She looked at me and sighed "No honey. Thats not a thing".

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#8

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group My niece has a teddy bear. She has had this teddy bear essentially since she was born. The doggo has bitten a hole into its belly, so we sew onto it like a lion head sticker, to keep its guts inside. One time we were on holiday visiting family, and she left it there, luckily I was staying a bit longer so I could grab it on my way back.
An adult man with a teddy bear that had its guts torn open and fixed with a lion bandaid apparently looks pretty suspicious, so they shoved the poor guy into x-ray 3-4 times. She is still in ownership of the teddy bear and it is still in decent shape.

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#9

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group My son was too tall for his age

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LongCoolWomanInABlackDress
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ah. If that is a thing I'll never fly with my kids again. They both tower over their classmates

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group One time my dad had a few rocks of petrified wood in a bag, and had his phone charger right next to it.

They almost went DEFCON 1 and did radio people to show up and act if it went down. But they opened the bag and saw it was rocks and a charger. They told him that it looked absolutely identical to what they had been taught a bomb looked like.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend who applied for a security job at the airport told me how little time they are given per suitcase and you have to spot any item that may be dangerous, no matter in which position or state of assembly it is. It's exhausting and you're always worried you make a mistake. So I guess it's better to check one too many times than overlook something

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group I had a nutcracker in my carry-on. Like a legit, festive Christmas soldier nutcracker - it was a gift for my mom's birthday (she collects them). I was only flying in for 2 days for my grandmas funeral so didn't check any luggage. They stopped me and questioned me for 30 minutes. Kept insinuating I was going to use it as a weapon.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sister bought a salmon bottle opener when we visited Alaska and we were stopped because it "looked like a knife" and they sarcastically asked us "well what do you think it looks like?" And we answered "like a fish". They let us pass but still refused to give it back

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Not TSA but at a land border crossing once they pulled us aside because they thought my partner was Trafficking me?!?!? We were the same age, same race (so racism wasn’t a factor,) and we were both dressed fairly nice (coming back from a wedding) with no obvious signs of like… distress? [Illegal substances]? Gunpoint? Nothing. They pulled us aside and grilled him on all of our relationship things like where we met and how old I am and my mom’s middle name and…?!?!??? Trying to trio him up. Then the guard hit on me?!?!?! Weeeeirdest experience.

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Miriam L
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm wondering if there was an alert out for a person who looked a little like OP or who was being taken from the same area. Would have been nice if once OP & partner were in the clear this was explained to them, but if you're unprofessional and immature enough to hit on a potential trafficking victim, when you've got legal authority and possibly firearms, I have no hope for professionalism or competence

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#13

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group I had a sample size (0.1oz) bottle of perfume in my book bag. They confiscated it in Detroit without explanation.

I got to Germany and they discovered a full size pair of scissors in the front pocket of that same book bag. I wasn’t aware it was there. Both I, and American security, had missed the scissors.

German security was much more polite over confiscating the scissors than American was over the perfume.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

German tsa is a lot nicer than American, I had a stroller, and it was covered in grey dust, which they thought was gunpowder ( it was the paint flaking off) and a dude just explained why they were holding me up, and I got to sit in a comfy chair for like 5 minutes while they analyzed it. Best security I've ever had at an airport. Worst, New Jersey

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Got pulled to the side at Fort Myers airport. One TSA guy with gloves, two TSA guys standing right behind me. Officer says, is there anything you want to tell me before I open this bag?

I am horribly confused. Wrapped right on top between a few t-shirts is an large Avocado.

TSA guy starts laughing. I love Avocados, my 76 yo father has a tree in his yard... he slipped one in my bag before leaving. Apparently it doesn't look the best going through the x-ray machine, they thought it may be a home-made bomb or grenade.

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#15

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Tampon showed up on the body scan thingy and I had to have my crotch patted down

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#16

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Arranging my two laptops and a tablet after taking them out of my bag for faster / easier scanning.

I got yelled at and detained because I have Pre-Check.

It took demanding for the scanning agent to join the conversation before I was allowed to leave.

Had I left them all in the bag, I would have gotten stopped for secondary screening.

The TSA is so damn frustrating. They serve no useful purpose except to provide security theater. They miss well over 90% of what they are tested against.

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James G. Currie
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sister was actually told by a checker (in Canada) that despite it being legally required, they did not have to check something she had in her luggage. (She works for Transport Canada.) She was shocked, let the checker know he was indeed legally required to do so. Of the three or so times it happened over a year's time, at least two of the checkers were let go with prejudice... -- In a similar vein, my mother and & I flew domestic into Pearson International a few years ago. She had a half empty pot of Nivea face cream in her carry on (no checked luggage, we were in town less than 30 hours). No problems on the inbound flight. Outbound flight, the pot was confiscated because it's volume was more than the maximum permitted for fluids (technically, even half empty, the remaining face cream exceeded that limit).

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group When I was a kid, I had a broken arm and they needed to inspect my cast… cut a piece off of it and put it in some sort of machine.

Also, my dad and oldest brother’s names popped up on the do not fly list because of men with the same name being a part of the IRA. For years when ever my dad and oldest brother went to fly they had to bring all sorts of ID with them to prove that they aren’t the same dudes.

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Zoe's Mom
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reasoning for cutting off the cast was to check it for heroine. The smugglers are getting more and more creative.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group When the Andrew Garfield Spiderman's first came out they did some amazing merch for them.

My Stepdad is a HUGE Spidey fan, so I picked him up the corniest Spiderman film merch when in the US, one of those being like a whirling cement truck thing? It was a big tonka sized thing and the only bag it would fit in was my carry-on. They stopped me and said "Is that a spiderman toy?" and I took it out and showed them. They said it was the best thing they'd seen all day.

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Agent 8433599
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's great! Although personally, my favorite Spiderman is Tom Holland🕷️❤️

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group My friend worked for the TSA. I was at my local airport and saw him while on line. I waved and he looked over. He says something to another agent and when I get to front of the line I get pulled over for extra searching. I never talked to that guy again

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Not TSA but the land border, they detected nuclear material. It was because another passenger in my car had some heart surgery or something where they used radioactive material, and apparently it could still be detected. Border patrol pretty much knew what it was but had to check anyway.

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Mickard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago I had a cardiac stress test, which involves a radionuclide (usually thallium or technetium) they inject through an IV. Somewhere along the way the IV got disconnected, and the fluid leaked onto the floor and the treadmill. The hospital had to shut down the entire testing room to be sanitized. The cardiologist was royally pissed off. I was a fire fighter who was in charge of hazmat, and my dad dealt with hazmat in his career, so in some ways it gave me a chuckle

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group I'm 6'4", broad shouldered, and bald.

I don't even know who is doing the stopping, because I don't give a s**t at this point, but I have never successfully made it through an airport without being pulled aside to have my s**t searched through, even when all I pack is clothes. I bake in the extra 30 minutes into any flight itinerary I have for this exact reason.

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Pisco
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some people have bad luck. My partner is 1.70m and doesnt look threatening at all and he always gets randomly selected to inspect him. Its a joke by now for us because of how often it happens.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group I have bad knees and occasionally bring a cane with me when I travel. I have one called a hurry-cane, basically a full size cane that folds into three for easy packing. TSA requires me to still walk through w/o the cane if possible, so I had folded it up and laid it on my checked luggage for the xray. This obviously new TSA agent has me pulled aside to wait for a supervisor because he said that he is familiar with it and it was a kind of weapon that his character uses in a video game. Was convinced I was trying to hide it as a cane, but that I was openly carrying a Chinese martial arts weapon. Took all of two seconds once the supervisor connected the cane to make the kid realize he was wrong. But had me chuckling.

Another trip but same airport, I was pulled aside because they said the xray showed something suspicious in my carry-on. Emptied the whole bag, opened all zippers and checked all pockets, patted down each pocket, checked seams for hidden pockets, etc. then had me repack everything. Not a word was said to me about what they thought they saw. Return trip, at the other airport, pulled over by TSA for exact same reason. Found nothing again. Haven't used that carry-on since. I'm guessing it's just something weird looking in the frame, but isn't worth the hassle.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Actually pre-TSA days. Had a s***ty laptop that had a dead battery so I just plugged it in when I used it. Whatever. Security didn't believe it was a laptop. Told me I had to turn it on to prove it. Of course the battery was dead. Had to search for a power outlet. Sitting on the floor booting my s**t laptop while security hovers over me.

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Johan van Luijn-Hermans
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had the same thing way back when tablets were new. The officier actually never seen a (non ipad) tablet, but the damn thing died during my holiday, no way to power it on anymore. Had to look up the device online and show pictures of me using it (luckily we had 2) before they believed that it was just a harmless broken tablet device.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group My then-two month old was flagged by TSA in 2003. They took one look and realized the only bomb was in his diaper. The same season, his grandfather was subject to additional screening. They had the exact same Irish name: first, middle, and last. I surmised that there might have been an IRA person on an interpol list or something with the same name.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Pulled me aside after my backpack went through the scanner. I was just sitting there while they searched every pocket four times, running it back through the scanner in between each one. Every time they didn’t find anything they’d bring more people over.

At that point I was starting to get nervous and asked what they were looking for. Guy number 5 searching my bag looks at me and says super accusingly, “we’re looking for the butterfly knife you have hidden in there,” to which I just laughed since butterfly knives are for edgy 14 year olds. I insisted I didn’t have one, they didn’t believe me.

Eventually they found the “knife” it was an old mini-stapler that I had forgotten in there from when I was in school. They seemed embarrassed enough that I just left before they could come up with an excuse to take it out on me.

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Beth L
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a similar issue with a harmonica. The cheap ones have metal reeds, which is apparently suspicious.

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#27

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group My friend spent most of a day being checked out/questioned because he has the same first, middle, and last name (all common American names) of a guy who allegedly went to the Middle East to join ISIS.

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#28

It wasn't weird but it was a weird situation. I was flying back from Australia after my working holiday visa ended - just left my fiance. the food poisoning hit riiiight as we were de-boarding to go through customs. first bathroom felt like a mile away. made it in time. went through customs, had to go back through security. absolutely dripping sweat. My shirt had soaked through within minutes.

They swabbed my sweaty lower back, my bag, etc. obviously it was fine but I was desperately trying not to puke or s**t myself. i had a six hour layover to my final destination, spent most of sitting near a trash can just to lean over and puke. Terrible trip all around.

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#29

30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group I had a razor in my bag. Like old school razor with a two sided blade deal. They made me take the blade out... But didn't care about the 50 pack of blades that was right there

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a travel shaving brush, the brush goes into the handle for travel. Found out the first time I travelled with it that on x-ray, from the side, it looks exactly like a handgun magazine.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Got held back for 20 mins, on the depart and return, because I had magic decks in my bag. It apparently sets off something like crazy, they had to swab between EVERY single card for multiple 100 card decks. I check them now when I can.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is an old West folk tale about a guy who escaped from prison in the 1800s by using playing cards that were printed with gunpowder. Apparently he put them in the lock lit them and blew himself out of his cell. I believe it was fake

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group A company I did some contract work for in a different state was giving away a free monitor arm. I was stoked, put it in my bag, and didn’t think anything of it. I later moved it to my carry-on, and as I was going through security, TSA pulled me aside saying, “uhh, we need to look in your bag.” I thought that was weird, but whatever.

I happened to get a glance at the X-ray that came up, and I knew the F-up right away. The monitor arm contorted in a way that the scan looked like a small rifle.

I chuckled a bit and explained to the agent what it was. When the TSA lady saw it she had the biggest sigh of relief (I’m lucky she was a good sport about it). I wanted to take a photo of the X-ray, but she said I wasn’t allowed to :(

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#32

Not the TSA or me, but friend got pulled aside to be questioned when he flew back to our home city after moving to England. Customs questioned him about why he had an suitcase with nothing more than a large rectangle solid object in it. When he opened it there was a series of kids books and nothing else, no clothes or anything, thus he was then questioned about why he didn't have any clothes. Had to explain that all his clothes were in storage and he had come back to collect/sell everything and the books were for a friends kid.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a prof/writer, and travel a lot for conferences. This usually involves bringing a bunch of books, and I get stopped all. the. time. by TSA. Yes, I "always carry this many books." Telling me you think it's weird or unnecessary just makes you look like a judgmental jackhole, though, TSA Person, and it also makes me think very unkind things about the lack of intelligence in TSA agents.

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2 stories.

1.) they stopped me because I had a box of matches in my suitcase. Except there were no matches, it was an empty box. They thought I was attempting to smuggle something coz who has an empty box of matches but nope, just empty.

2.) kinda opposite to the original question, but I’m an 80s kid at heart and often wear bullet belts as fashion. This, surprisingly, did not get me stopped and searched at an airport, despite my belt being actual, non-live but equally real ammunition. Very strange.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only time my checked-bag has ever been searched was coming back from New Mexico where I had purchased several pounds of chile powder direct from the processor (super fresh, super potent). Out of a desire to prevent those bags from exploding and ruining all my clothes (and wasting chile powder) I packed them into an air-tight steel ammunition can. I did cover it with markings about containing chile powder, but I would have been flabbergasted if they HADN'T searched my bag.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group Random check when… i was the only person in line

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well it would have been weird if they picked the other guy, the one that wasn't there.

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group I had a brand new, unopened bag of seasoned salt that I bought in Hawaii. They made me open it so they could make sure it wasn’t [illegal substances]. Also, I have big curly hair and they always stop me to pat my head down.

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Pumpkin Spice
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I keep my hair in a ponytail for this reason: it's easier to smuggle [illegal substances]

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group I had a ceramic cat ring holder that was part of my sister’s Christmas present. I’m flying from a state where weed is legal so I guess it looked like a pipe in the x-ray? Dude laughed when he pulled it out.

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My sister gave me some candy for the flight. It was bulk candy, so she put it in resealable plastic bags. They probably suspected they were [illegal substances]. I just stood there calmly as I watched them examine each bag, knowing I was totally in the clear. Everything checked out okay and I was on my way without incident.

My sister apologized and didn't think about how something so mundane would trigger suspicions, but she understood why the TSA people had to check it out. I told her everything was okay; it was an easy oversight and she said she would try a different way to take candy on board next time.

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Strawberry Pizza
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? [illegal substances]??! Do you mean DRUGS because that's LITERALLY WHAT THEYRE CALLED

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30 Harmless Things Which Nevertheless Caused People To Be Stopped By TSA Officers, As Shared In This Online Group There was a rock in one of my army bags leaving Hawaii.

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LongCoolWomanInABlackDress
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

legit question, I'm not American: is that because you are not allowed to take rocks from Hawaii? I know that Turkiye, Greece and other countries are very strict about rocks, sand and certain types of shells as well

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