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14th Sep 2018

Somebody actually managed to smuggle 20 snakes onto a plane

Paul Moore

Snakes

It’s happening!

It’s fitting that in a week when The Predator returns to cinemas, another iconic quote has also been dusted off and applied to a bizarre real-life scenario.

Oh yes, passengers on board a recent flight from Düsseldorf to Moscow were entirely justified in saying “I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!” as employees at Moscow Airport got a slithery surprise upon the plane’s arrival in Russia.

After purchasing 20 snakes in Germany, the world’s biggest snakes on a plane fan had somehow managed to stow-away 20 reptiles in a passenger’s bag.

After the authorities noticed these snakes, they were quarantined in Moscow as a precaution as the gentleman lacked the required documentation to get them into the country.

“The reptiles were in canisters, packed in bags, carried in hand luggage. There were no documents provided for the reptiles. The species of snakes will be determined by specialists, but according to preliminary information they are not of a venomous species,” Sheremetyevo International Airport said in a statement to Newsweek.

To be honest, we prefer the way that Samuel L. Jackson dealt with that particular problem.

Hell, the film didn’t win 1,734 Oscars for nothing.

Clip via sean p

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