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October 28, 2026 / 12:47 PM EDT / CBS News

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Two TSA agents uncovered a sharp object that could have been plucked from the pages of a comic book or a horror film, while scanning luggage at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. One agent said he'd never seen anything like it since joining TSA two years ago, while the agency described the offending item as "mutant blades."

The officers, identified as Douglas Linn and Dennis Oishi, spotted the blades while reviewing X-ray images at one of the airport's security checkpoints and proceeded to search the bag, TSA said .

What they found, the agency said, "resembled a mix between Wolverine-style claws and Freddy Krueger blades," referencing the fictional Marvel Universe…