If you think modern air travel is a nightmare, just ask airport security personnel.
Their job is not an easy one, and they have to deal with many pet peeves as well as potentially dangerous scenarios on a daily basis.
Here are nine stories from airport security people that just beg the question, "What were these travelers thinking?"
Keep in mind that because most of these come from Reddit, INSIDER was unable to independently verify the claims, but they sure are fun to read.
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"The couple made a killing off of buying teeth."
"I once had a request for private screening, which we usually took to mean that we were about to see something weird. The bag was incredibly heavy. After we go behind a curtained-off area, the passengers show me six blocks of mixed metal, four huge bags of random pieces of gold, and two bags of human teeth. Apparently, the couple made a killing off of buying teeth from a crematorium, melting out the fillings, and selling the resulting metal. It smelled bad." – Redditor redmage311
"We found six small turtles in his cargo pants pockets."
"Good lord, we find lots of weird/unusual things that a normal person would never ever need. I'm sure if I kept thinking I'd think of something better, but this stands out right now — a young child, about 12, had recently returned from South America with his family and ended up going through the body scanner and we found six small turtles in his cargo pants pockets. Border security was called in, the turtles had to be taken and tested for foreign diseases, and his parents were fined $2,000." – Redditor mm94
"Some kid left a toy gun in a bag."
"I once had to call law enforcement and write a huge report because some kid left a toy gun in a bag (granted, it was metal, and the x-ray image was extremely scary-looking). My manager called it a 'realistic replica,' even though it clearly had an orange cap on it and everything." – Redditor redmage311
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