Only in America ...

Bomb alert over 'break-wind' dog
The mechanical toy dog sparked an airport security alert
A novelty toy dog which breaks wind sparked a major security alert at an
American airport.

Page designer Dave Rogerson's life-size mechanical terrier set off a
security detector at Norfolk Airport in Virginia.

Armed security staff were alerted when the toy's wind-breaking mechanism
registered as a high explosive on sensitive monitoring equipment.

Mr Rogerson, 31, from Thorner, Leeds, was questioned by FBI agents and
looked on in amazement as they took a series of swabs from the
mechanical toy's rear end.

The toy animal was eventually returned to him, but he was not allowed to
take his planned flight and had to take an alternative route to North
Carolina.

Mr Rogerson said: "There's no humour at American check-ins and for about
20 minutes I was quite scared.

"They told me it is the highest reading they had for explosives and they
took it very seriously.

"They were very jumpy and convinced there was something explosive in the
dog."

Eventually the FBI experts decided the toy was harmless and returned it
to him.

He has now named the toy dog Norfolk after the airport.

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