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| 2009-10-28 | |
| OSLO (Reuters) - A man was caught by Norwegian customs carrying a tarantula in his bag, and a further 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos taped to his body, media reported Monday. The 22-year-old Norwegian was stopped in a routine check by Kristiansand customs after arriving on a ferry from Denmark, newspaper Faedrelandsvennen reported. Is that a snake in yer pants or are ya just happy to see us? Customs found the tarantula, before deciding to give him a full body search that revealed 14 stockings -- one for each snake -- taped around his torso, top selling tabloid VG said. Snakes in a Sock. What a movie plot! Reptile smuggling is not uncommon in Norway, which prohibits people holding many reptile species as pets, but office manager Helge Breilid at Kristiansand customs was quoted by VG as saying customs officers had been "horrified" by Sunday's catch. He's a cold-blooded criminal! "Customs officers quickly realized the man was smuggling animals, because his whole body was in constant motion," Breilid told VG. I got the Heebie-jeebies!
The man was still being held by police Monday, Kristiansand police attorney Johann Martin Kile told VG, adding he would be released upon agreeing to pay a 12,500 Norwegian crowns ($2,256) fine. The reptiles were handed over to a security firm until Norwegian authorities decide what to do with them, Breilid said. | |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #7 If only the asstards would actually write SCIENCE Fiction, I've seen 3 good lately, out of hundreds of slasher and horror movies deliberately mislabeled. ALIEN Is a prime example, pure slasher. Even a couple of very good animated "Robot City" and "WALL-E" Then a few good ones "Surrogates" "I Robot" (Heinlein) and a remake of "Omega Man" (hasn't Will Smith turned into a fine actor?) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-10-28 22:46 |
| #6 Robert Heinlein preferred the term "speculative fiction". I agree "SyFy" is stupid, wasn't the change was due to "SciFi" not being a copyright-able name? |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2009-10-28 22:11 |
| #5 SyFy stands for "Silly Fantasy!" Never saw any science fiction on that channel. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-10-28 22:01 |
| #4 Ah yes, the SyFy channel. New pronunciation, to match the spelling, is Sih'fee. Does anyone remember when it was clever to call the genre Scientifiction? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-28 21:25 |
| #3 OOOOOOOO, you just know the GEICO GECKO is forming a GECKO RIGHTS = LIBERATION FRONT about now. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-28 19:27 |
| #2 ... after arriving on a ferry from Denmark, newspaper Faedrelandsvennen reported. You know, just know, some hack is already writing the script for "Snakes on the Ferry" for a SyFy [formally knows as SciFi] Channel Saturday night |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-28 17:25 |
| #1 OK, someone has to do this: "I'm getting tired of these @#$%^&* snakes in my @#$%^&* socks!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-10-28 17:10 |