A TSA officer at JFK Airport in New York City was shocked to find an orange cat in his checked luggage after going through an X-ray machine, shared Fox5ny and TSA.
CAT IN THE HAT?!? NOPE. IT'S A CAT IN THE TRAVEL BAG!
"A @TSA officer was shocked to find an orange cat inside a checked bag at @JFKairport after it went through the X-ray unit," spokesperson Lisa Farbstein tweeted. "On the bright side, the cat's out of the bag and safely back home."
Farbstein later tweeted, "The X-ray machine is this cat's new best friend!" That's because the feline likely wouldn't have survived the flight inside the suitcase in the airplane's cargo hold.
Farbstein said the traveller told officials at the airport that the cat belonged to someone else in his family and he did not know it was in the bag. The main TSA Twitter account, known for its puns, tweeted: "We're letting the cat out of the bag on a hiss-toric find. This CATch had our baggage screening officers @JFKairport saying, 'Come on meow'!"
An Instagram user later claimed to be the cat's owner. @alexaugustalex reshared the TSA post about the cat's x-ray and added the caption: "That's my baby." The user then posted a video of an orange cat trying to climb into a portable box, titled: "proof that he just does this"
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