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9 Year Old Gets Through Turkish Customs With Unicorn Passport
A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl was waived through Turkish customs with a fake passport – identifying her as a UNICORN.
Emily Harris’s parents were stunned when officials stamped the ID their daughter had made especially for her toy unicorn Lily.
The mix-up happened after mum Nicky accidentally handed over the wrong passport at a control stand in Antalya.
But border staff failed to realise the “ID” – complete with gold teddy bears on the front – was not real and granted the unicorn 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.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4965520/Girl-aged-9-waved-through-customs-on-fake-passport-for-toy-unicorn.html#ixzz2W29w99KW
Emily Harris’s parents were stunned when officials stamped the ID their daughter had made especially for her toy unicorn Lily.
The mix-up happened after mum Nicky accidentally handed over the wrong passport at a control stand in Antalya.
But border staff failed to realise the “ID” – complete with gold teddy bears on the front – was not real and granted the unicorn 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.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4965520/Girl-aged-9-waved-through-customs-on-fake-passport-for-toy-unicorn.html#ixzz2W29w99KW
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