October 13, 2018

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

What kind of heartless, souless, corporate automatons could turn their backs on a soft, cuddly, emotionally-supportive little rodent? The kind that kicked a woman off of a flight because she wanted to bring a squirrel on board with her and trap it inside a pressurized metal tube with about 160 other passengers.

There are stressful times, and people like Cindy Torok need the calming effect afforded by a scratching, biting, little omnivore. Unfortunately for her, the people at Frontier Airlines were not sympathetic.

Torok was escorted off the flight from Orlando, Florida, to Cleveland after airline staff discovered she brought her 11-week-old squirrel Daisy on board. When Torok defied staff requests and refused to get off the plane, police were called to remove her. Soon after authorities arrived, all of the passengers on the flight were deplaned and Torok and her pet were taken off the aircraft. Because if Cindy can't have her rat, nobody gets to be on time.

According to the airline's policy regarding animals, "rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed" on its flights, regardless of their function.

But Torok wasn't about to be bullied.

"They said, 'Either you walk off the plane or I'm going to arrest you for trespassing, and we will take that squirrel.'" Torok said. "I said, 'You're not taking my squirrel. Sorry, you're not. I refuse. You will not take my baby from me.'"

And they didn't. She kept possession of the animal while police escorted her off the plane.

Torok was reimbursed for the cost of her ticket and given a voucher for another flight. But, of course, that wasn't enough. "I'm going for blood. I'm going all the way," she said. "I'm contacting an attorney."

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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