What came out of the suitcase was astonishing! At first they thought it was a ball of yarn, then it moved: 'It's not something we can encounter every day.'

NEWS CENTER / What happened during routine baggage control at an airport in the USA gave security officers unforgettable moments. When the suspicious object, which at first glance resembled a ball of string, started to move, the officers realized the truth. What came out of the trunk surprised everyone.

According to the New York Post, the incident took place at Ontario International Airport in California. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer Benjamin Andrade-Carillo found two live snakes placed in a pillowcase in a passenger's luggage during a routine check. One of the snakes was determined to be a rattlesnake.

'I NOTICED YOU ARE MOVING'

Andrade-Carillo said that at first he thought the object he held was a ball of string, but when he realized that the object was moving, he realized the seriousness of the situation. The officer said, "When I realized that the thing in my hand was alive, I said to myself, 'I must report this to my superiors immediately.'"

'IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY'

Thereupon, his superior, TSA inspection officer Suggey Flores, came to the scene and inspected the luggage. Stating that he had held a snake before, Flores said, "I felt it tense up and start to move. I wasn't very scared, I was more surprised. Because it is not something you encounter every day."

ONT TSA Director Francisco "Frank" Calderon also confirmed that two live snakes were found in the luggage. Due to the possible danger, the airport police and the airline company with which the passenger would be traveling were informed. Since the officials did not yet know the species of snakes, scanning operations in the immediate area where baggage control was carried out were temporarily stopped.

"We were worried about safety because we didn't know what kind of snakes they were. They could be poisonous," Flores said.

HE DELIVERED THE SNAKES TO HIS FAMILY

Police teams received the luggage and took it to the ticket operations department of the airline company. Here the traveler removed the snakes from his bag and handed them over to a family member who was not traveling.

According to the Los Angeles TSA Coordination Center, the passenger said snakes were his pets and that he had previously traveled with these animals on another airline.

After the reptiles were removed from the luggage, the bag was re-checked and approved for the flight. The traveler was allowed to travel without snakes.

There were no injuries or snake bites in the incident. In addition, security screening operations throughout the airport were not interrupted.

'I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY TWO YEARS OF OFFICE'

Stating that what he experienced was unusual for him, Andrade-Carillo said, "I have never encountered anything like this during my two-year tenure. I witnessed a person in San Diego trying to bring live lobsters onto the plane as hand luggage."

TSA officials called on passengers who want to travel with their pets to contact their airlines before arriving at the airport to learn the rules, especially regarding the transportation of reptiles.

Andrade-Carillo warned passengers to be careful about the items they put in their luggage and said, "We want passengers to be aware of what they put in their bags. Because if we don't know what it is, we will definitely find out."