People Share Weirdest Thing They’ve Ever Seen At An Airport

Maybe it’s pre-flight jitters. Or maybe it’s people over-imbibing at an airport bar. But for whatever reason, it’s not unusual to see someone acting up (or just acting plain weird) at the airport.

With that in mind, we asked comedians and others to share the funniest or weirdest thing they ever witnessed someone doing while they were waiting to board a flight. See what they had to say below.

“This happened just yesterday. We were flying back from Chicago and a man going through security was asked if the very suspicious backpack he’d put on was a parachute. He denied it and walked through the scanners. The guys X-rayed it and were just like, ‘Yeah that’s 100% a parachute’ and led him off. Everyone in the line could tell it was a parachute. No idea what that guy was doing.” ― Niall Spain, co-host of the sex and dating advice podcast “F*ck Buddies”

“I was once supposed to be boarding a flight on the day of a major terrorist incident in London, and all flights were grounded. I saw a guy who was so angry about his flight being canceled that he stole two massive pies from the food court and ran around the airport shouting, ‘I’ve stolen these pies! We’re entitled to compensation, don’t let them con you!’ while everyone around him was respectfully grieving those who had died.” ― Joz Norris, a writer and comedian

“I was at an airport lounge in Portugal around 7 a.m. their time. This guy filled up a pint of beer at a self-serve tap, made eye contact with me, shrugged with a smile and then just walked away. Guess it’s 5:00 somewhere.” ― Natalya Jones, a writer

“I was at the Athens, Greece, airport and a lady asked where the TSA pre-check line was.” ― Simon Fraser, a comedian

“The funniest thing I’ve seen is the security guy’s faces when I opened my hand luggage to reveal a small squishy witch’s body and a mannequin bust of my own head stuck on a drill (while touring my solo show to the U.S. for the first time). Explaining to border control that I’m ‘traveling for work’ and my job is ‘adult puppet show’ is always a laugh.” ― Lachlan Werner, a comedian and ventriloquist

“One time a nun asked me to watch her bags while she went to the bathroom. As a baptized Catholic, this was quite the dilemma. Do I heed the…