# Man arrested for trying to take 95 boa constrictors on a plane! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485 "2010-09-03T13:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/1 "2010-09-03T13:53:28Z")
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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/2 "2010-09-03T14:00:46Z")
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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/3 "2010-09-03T14:04:05Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > \ Well, OK, if you insist. John McClane: Yo, partner! Wait up. Zeus: Hey, hey, hey, hey, I ain’t your partner. I ain’t your neighbor, your brother, or your friend. I’m your total stranger. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/4 "2010-09-03T14:41:20Z")
I deeply hope he didn’t try this on Spirit Airlines. They would have charged him by the snake, even in carry-on bags. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/5 "2010-09-03T17:11:47Z")
Did he try to conceal them inside a bag containing _one_ plush Boa? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/6 "2010-09-03T18:36:07Z")
I guess the TSA is serious when they say you can’t take motherfuckin’ snakes on a motherfuckin’ plane. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/7 "2010-09-03T18:38:05Z")
Um, does anyone have a link to a news story? Or do we just make up news stories now for people to comment on? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/8 "2010-09-03T18:45:42Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Um, does anyone have a link to a news story? Or do we just make up news stories now for people to comment on? [Link.](http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/03/smuggler-boa-constrictors) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/9 "2010-09-03T18:47:12Z")
[Here you go](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/09/95-boa-constrictors-in-luggage-prompt-a-guilty-plea/1) The snakes were found when the luggage holding them burst open on the conveyor belt. You can just image that scene. Probably lots of cuss words. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/10 "2010-09-03T21:15:12Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The snakes were found when the luggage holding them burst open on the conveyor belt. Just when I thought this story couldn’t get any more awesome… ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/11 "2010-09-03T22:20:31Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The snakes were found when the luggage holding them burst open on the conveyor belt. You can just image that scene. Probably lots of cuss words. No doubt - large snakes can be remarkably crude. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/12 "2010-09-03T22:53:06Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Here you go](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/09/95-boa-constrictors-in-luggage-prompt-a-guilty-plea/1) > > The snakes were found when the luggage holding them burst open on the conveyor belt. You can just image that scene. Probably lots of cuss words. [insert horror movie screaming here] **runs around in circles** **runs away** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/13 "2010-09-03T22:55:41Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > [Here you go](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/09/95-boa-constrictors-in-luggage-prompt-a-guilty-plea/1) > > > > The snakes were found when the luggage holding them burst open on the conveyor belt. You can just image that scene. Probably lots of cuss words. > > [insert horror movie screaming here] > > **runs around in circles** > > **runs away** > > :eek: LMAO I would either be doing this or I would have immediately and irreparably gone into a snake-killing frenzy. Animals should have 2 things: fur and limbs. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/14 "2010-09-04T01:06:28Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [Here you go](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/09/95-boa-constrictors-in-luggage-prompt-a-guilty-plea/1) > > The snakes were found when the luggage holding them burst open on the conveyor belt. You can just image that scene. Probably lots of cuss words. “Indy, why does the floor move?” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/15 "2010-09-04T01:12:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The snakes were found when the luggage holding them burst open on the conveyor belt. …and that means nobody else got THEIR bags for the rest of the shift, either. Splendid. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/16 "2010-09-04T01:20:40Z")
I wouldn’t take my bag until I saw them x-ray it. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-trying-to-take-95-boa-constrictors-on-a-plane/552485/17 "2010-09-04T01:53:34Z")
[/horror movie screaming] **pant** pant\*\* lost voice. going to take nap now.