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Snake Found Slithering Around Newark Airport Security Checkpoint

What to Know

  • A young girl discovered something slithery at a New Jersey airport security checkpoint: a 15-inch-long snake
  • TSA officials at Newark said that it appears the thin, black snake with a yellow ring around its neck was forgotten by a traveler on Monday
  • The girl alerted a TSA officer and a grey checkpoint bin was placed over the snake that officials said was harmless

A young girl discovered something slithery at a New Jersey airport security checkpoint: a 15-inch-long snake.

In what sounds like a less interesting prequel to a highly-quoted Samuel L. Jackson movie, Transportation Security Administration officials at Newark Liberty International Airport said in a release that it appears the thin, black snake with a yellow ring around its neck was forgotten by a traveler Monday night.

The girl alerted a TSA officer and a grey checkpoint bin was placed over the snake that officials said was harmless.

Officials closed the security lane temporarily and Port Authority police took the snake away.

New Jersey Federal Security Director Tom Carter said in the release that Newark has a robust lost and found system, but that the owner of the snake should not call them or expect to be reunited with the reptile.

It's unclear where the snake was taken.

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