“Rooster Monkburn,” the cowboy sock monkey creation of Phyllis May was recently apprehended by diligent TSA agents in St. Louis.
May has a small business in Redmond, WA selling unique sock monkey dolls. She says she and her husband were on their way home from St. Louis and she had a couple of monkeys and sewing supplies with her in a carry-on bag.
As they were going through the screening process she noticed that one of her bags was missing. A TSA agent was going through the bag and found a sock monkey doll with his two-inch long pistol.
The TSA agent quickly said, “This is a gun!” May replied, “No, it’s a prop for a sock monkey!” The TSA agent argued that if it was held up to her neck, she wouldn’t know it wasn’t real. The agent then went on to confiscate the gun and threatened to call the police.
“She took my monkey’s gun,” said May, who has retained her sense of humor.
“Rooster Monkburn has been disarmed so I’m sure everyone on the plane was safe,” she said. “I understand she was doing her job but at some point doesn’t common sense prevail?”
Here are some pics of the notorious Rooster Monkburn as well as a few of May’s other creations. We can all sleep better know they are unarmed…
Here is “Rooster Monkburn” with his tiny toy gun…
Another shot of the monkey…
As you can see, the confiscated gun is only about 2 inches in size…
Phyllis also makes other sock monkeys…I’m sure the skates on “Ice, Ice Monkey” look threatening…
Or perhaps the fruit basket on “Miss Vegas Monkette Miranda”…
And I’m sure the TSA wouldn’t even let “The Hippie Chick Wonder Woman” near the plane…
I’m so glad the TSA agent was on the job. I feel SO much safer knowing that sock monkey won’t hijack a plane!
