Human head found in woman's luggage (emerging Haiti democracy alert)

Scotsman.com ^ | 02/10/2006

[farlander]

A woman faces charges after a US baggage search found a human skull with teeth, hair and skin in her luggage at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida officials have said.

Haitian Myrlene Severe, 30, a permanent US resident, arrived on Thursday afternoon from Cap Haitien, Haiti, aboard a Lynx International Airlines Flight, said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami.

[Dog Gone]

That's a different article about the same incident.

[Rakkasan1]

this is very severious.

[dfwgator]

"Now go do, that voo doo, that you do, soooo well!"

[Texas dog]

Once, a number of years ago, I was taking an anatomy class, and I went home for the holidays. I had a human skull (a real one) to study, and I brought it with me. Not wanting to lose it or have it damaged, I carried it on the plane, without thinking of what it would look like when I went through security.

As the innocent-looking box went through the X-ray, they obviously triggered some sort of alarm. Suddenly, there were police officers standing next to me, looking very nervous indeed.

I realized (a bit late, I know) what I'd done, and announced "no, it's OK; I'm a medical student, and that's a skull to study."

As I opened the box, they all backed away, wide-eyed, and I could see they thought there was going to be a human head in the box. But once they could see it was an old skull, they all crowded back around, and thought it was neat.

I wouldn't want to make the same mistake now...

[farlander]

ROFLMAO! Someone alert Greta von Susteren!

[BenLurkin]

Is she looking for a replacement head?

[SIDENET]

I'm not one bit surprised. It is 2006 and these people are still dancing around dead chickens.

Hey, what's wrong with that?

stops dancing...puts down chicken...

[girlangler]

snickering, no LOL.

[Search4Truth]

Carrion luggage?

[N. Theknow]

Hey, everybody is entitled to one carrion.

[blam]

"If it wasn't USDA inspected, you can't bring in meat from foreign countries. It doesn't matter if you plan to eat it yourself."

Yup. I tried to get some chewable Heart-Gard for my doggies from Australia (cheaper)and they said they could only sell the pill. The chewable type contained beef and they could not ship/import it to the US.

[SGCOS]

Only one?

[kdot]

HAHA! You beat me to it. I was going to ask if there was a bag of dried beans with it!

[farlander]

I think she was more of an amateur variety.

[Joe 6-pack]

She was a bipolar schizophrenic and needed the ability to simultaneously keep her chin up while hanging her head in shame.

[farlander]

Not sure, but ever-present special coverage on good looking disappeared young women are getting a bit... stale.

[Galveston Grl]

I see an emerging market here if Ms. Severe and her voodoo cult could hook up with the goods produced by the 'toon Mohammad head choppers cult... ;)

[Flavius Josephus]

Myrlene Sever

[mgist]

It tastes like chicken.

[cripplecreek]

She's a hack.