Woman Arrested For Carrying Human Head

Airport baggage screeners in Florida were shocked to find a human head with teeth, hair and skin in the luggage of a woman during a routine baggage scan.

The woman had arrived on flight from Cap Haitien, Haiti. "It still had teeth, hair and bits of skin and lots of dirt", Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami said.

The woman, Myrlene Severe, said she was carrying it because she intended to ward off evil spirits with it. She told airport authorities she had obtained the head in Haiti for "use as a part of her voodoo beliefs" and said that "the purpose of the package was to ward off evil spirits".

She was charged with transporting hazardous material on a commercial flight and smuggling a human head into the US without proper documentation.

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