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Texas couple unknowingly brings their 5 pound Chihuahua to airport in suitcase
Texas couple unknowingly brings their 5 pound Chihuahua to airport in suitcase
Once they bought to the airport, their baggage was two kilos over the load restrict, so that they determined to maneuver some issues round. Once they opened up the suitcase, there Icky was!
LUBBOCK, Texas – A Texas couple is sharing their story of once they unknowingly introduced their five-pound Chihuahua to the airport, of their suitcase.
“So yeah, we simply unintentionally took a canine with us,” stated Jared Owens.
Jared and Kristi Owens of Lubbock had been headed to Las Vegas final fall, and the plan was to depart their Chihuahua “Icky” at residence with Kristi’s mother.
“Only for slightly fast weekend getaway journey to get away from our loopy home. All our animals, loopy children,” stated Kristi.
They admit they had been in a rush, with Jared packing his suitcase on the final minute.
“I packed up and type of checked on a few issues. I put my boots in final, zipped it up,” stated Jared.
Little did they know, there was slightly stowaway in that boot. Once they bought to the airport, their baggage was two kilos over the load restrict, so that they determined to maneuver some issues round. Once they opened up the suitcase, there Icky was!
“She was fully cozy, wrapped up in all the garments,” stated Kristi.
The Owenses had been in shock, and felt horribly responsible about what occurred, however Icky was high-quality.
“That canine by no means made a noise, by no means a sound,” stated Jared. “Perhaps she’s like that previous girl with a slot downside and making an attempt to come back to Vegas. I do not know.”
“I’m not stunned {that a} pet is ready to sneak right into a bag each from time to time,” stated Paty Mancha, spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration in Texas.
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Mancha says this can be a teachable second.
“It truly is incumbent upon vacationers to know precisely what’s of their bag,” stated Mancha.
And I needed to ask, what about Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport?
“No, nothing like that has occurred. We by no means heard of a cat being in a checked bag or something,” stated AUS spokesperson Bailey Grimmett.
As for Icky, fortunately Jared’s uncle, who lives close to the Lubbock airport, was in a position to come decide her up.
“We bought to Vegas. We had a very good journey. We really known as her our good luck attraction. We normally go away fairly a bit of cash there, however we really received some fairly good cash that weekend,” stated Jared Owens.
“You recognize, she bought her little 10 minutes of fame, and now she’s, you understand, she’s up there,” stated Jared.
“She’s notorious,” stated Kristi.
Jared and Kristi say the workers from Southwest was tremendous useful, even despatched them a pet service for Icky.