I guess she never saw Midnight Express
Posted on 06/12/2013 4:12:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Turkish customs official waved Emily Harris through customs at Antalya airport—after stamping a passport identifying her as a unicorn. Mom Nicky Harris, from Cwmbran, South Wales, said: ‘The passport doesn’t even look real—it’s got gold teddy bears on the front.’Z
A couple were left stunned after their nine-year-old daughter managed to pass through Turkish customs officers - with a passport identifying her as a UNICORN.
Emily Harris had taken a toy passport she had made for her toy unicorn, Lily, on holiday with her.
And when the family passed through customs at Antalya airport to start their one-week holiday, flustered mum Nicky accidentally handed over the toy's passport instead of Emily's. But they were stunned when they later realised their mistake - and discovered passport officials had even STAMPED the unicorn's passport, granting it access to the country.
Nicky, 43, from Cwmbran, South Wales, said: "I didn't realise until I was putting the passports away. There was a moment of panic when I thought someone would come chasing after us, but nothing.
"The passport doesn't even look real - it's got gold teddy bears on the front and was a completely different size from mine and my husband, Allen's.
"The man even asked Emily how old she was, and she told him nine, before he stamped it."
It was only when they got outside that Nicky realised that instead of handing in Emily's passport, she had shown her daughter's Bear Factory passport for a Unicorn toy called Lily Harris.
"The picture ID wasn't even of Emily, it was of a pink unicorn.
"And to make it worse, the unicorn wasn't even on holiday with us.
"We saw the funny side, and laughed at the fact that the officer had even stamped the passport.
"But at the same time, it's a worry to any parent, how easy it would be to smuggle a child through customs and into another country."
I guess she never saw Midnight Express
Maybe he knew it wasn’t real and just stamped it to be friendly or something? *shrugs*
Yeah I’m glad to see that they didn’t waste time strip molesting her.
This story is hilarious.....however
The EU passport....which all Brits and EU member citizens have....looks a lot like the toy passport the girl used....same colors and style
And based on equally mythical precepts.
You haven’t spent time around customs officials, I would guess.
Works in California as voter ID too!
Probably just bein’ nice. It has a picture of the unicorn !
As long as you pay the entrance fees — most Moslem nations Customs officials could care less...they are looking out for more extremists fellows than worrying about some little white girl from South Wales...been through enough of them...they are always looking pass me to the Arabs standing behind me...
LOL....based on equally mythological precepts is correct on the EU
Wouldn’t a unicorn from Wales, be a narwhal?
Wouldn’t a unicorn from Wales, be a narwhal?
I thought he was just being a nice guy.
Unicorn?
She got Obama’s passport?
I see what you did there.
Exactly. I recall my younger brother having one for his teddy bear when he was young and having it stamped by various customs officials in Europe and the US.
“Undocumented unicorns DESERVE a pathway to citizenship.”
- Marco Rubio
I think that this is either BS or Turks are sub-chimp in intelligence.
The last few times that I have shown my passport, they ran it through a digital scan.
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