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CBP officers at Florida airport discover human skull and bones in luggage, passenger claims ritual use
CBS News ^ | September 20, 2025 | Sergio Candido

Posted on 09/23/2025 6:15:33 AM PDT by Twotone

What began as a routine baggage check at Tampa International Airport ended with U.S. customs officers unwrapping something far darker — a foil-wrapped bundle of bones, including part of a human skull.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the shocking discovery when a passenger declaring just 10 cigars was found carrying a bag containing the human remains, officials said Thursday.

According to CBP Director of Field Operations Carlos C. Martel, agriculture specialists initially flagged the traveler's belongings for prohibited plants, undeclared cigars, and other items. Inside a foil-wrapped duffel bag, officers uncovered bones, including part of a human skull, Martel said.

The passenger told officers the remains were intended for ritual use.

Photos shared by CBP showed what looked like a skull and vertebrae partially wrapped in aluminum foil. Other images showed officers wearing gloves and inspecting luggage on a table, with the seized items laid out in evidence bags.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: carrionluggage; florida; humanskull; ritualuse; skullandbonessociety; superstition; tampa; voodoo; yale

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1 posted on 09/23/2025 6:15:33 AM PDT by Twotone
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We need more skull-worshipping Americans.


2 posted on 09/23/2025 6:17:51 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Twotone

Voodoo.


3 posted on 09/23/2025 6:19:32 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Twotone

Noop - no soup for you.

Back on the plane, you aren’t welcome.


4 posted on 09/23/2025 6:20:39 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Twotone
According to CBP Director of Field Operations Carlos C. Martel...

I 100% love that America has our own Charles Martel protecting us from violent religions!

5 posted on 09/23/2025 6:21:30 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Twotone

Letting in the best and the brightest.


6 posted on 09/23/2025 6:23:10 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Twotone

It’s almost Halloween doncha know?


7 posted on 09/23/2025 6:24:16 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Twotone

Family friend was an anthropologist who amassed a huge number of skeletal remains from burial mounds in Florida.

Her parents were downsizing and leaving their house. They placed several garbage cans full of skulls, bones, etc. out by the curb for the trash man to cart away.

Which he did. They never heard a word of inquiry from anyone.


8 posted on 09/23/2025 6:25:08 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Twotone

It could be a number of things. Veneration of relics is common in Orthodox Christianity.


9 posted on 09/23/2025 6:30:18 AM PDT by tarator
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To: Twotone

“No further details were released about the passenger, including nationality or possible charges.”

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That’s jacked up


10 posted on 09/23/2025 6:30:55 AM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: Twotone; Tijeras_Slim

CARRION LUGGAGE PING!.......................


11 posted on 09/23/2025 6:32:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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It likely was a “packed lunch” for the voodoo-aspirant.

Diversity IS NOT our strength.


12 posted on 09/23/2025 6:34:03 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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That is likely because there were Haitian neighbors who needed to replenish their voodoo stock.


13 posted on 09/23/2025 6:35:48 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Twotone

Evil.


14 posted on 09/23/2025 6:37:02 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Twotone

I think the first episode of the Bones TV series has the forensic anthropologist detained at an airport for carrying a bag with a human head in it.


15 posted on 09/23/2025 6:38:54 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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I watched some of the Caught at the Border shows last night...may have been “Contraband Seized at the Border.”

I don’t know if this one TOPPED what I saw on one of the shows but it was a bag full of FROZEN MEAT determined to be from RATS...being taken into the US for a family gathering. They said it came from a certain area of Mexico that I hadn’t heard of before..Of course, it was taken and secured for destruction...taped up in a box for quarantine until destroyed. Not actually anything special but just what some of the poorest of Mexicans high in the hills catch for meals. Sure makes one wonder WHY take it to the US when you can buy MEAT here in the supermarkets!!! MAYBE it was considered special after all.

There are several shows like that and what it reveals about the drugs and where they’re stashed coming into the US from Mexico is unbelievable..mesmerizing to watch as they literally dismantle cars/trucks after Xraying show anomalies. US personnel on those jobs deserve our thanks and praise.


16 posted on 09/23/2025 6:44:47 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: billorites

Well thank goodness those human remains were dealt with respect and decency /s


17 posted on 09/23/2025 6:47:12 AM PDT by Mastador1
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To: tarator
Veneration of relics is common in Orthodox Christianity.

Among Christians who venerate relics, we are usually talking about a small bone chip, stored in a reliquary. Not a bag of unmarked (as far as we know) bones and skulls. The remains are treated with more respect.
18 posted on 09/23/2025 6:47:14 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Red Badger

Ha! Good one.


19 posted on 09/23/2025 7:19:59 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Twotone

Gotta be Haitian


20 posted on 09/23/2025 7:27:31 AM PDT by PGR88
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