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Everything takes on the air of suspicion when you're at an airport: old ladies who need applesauce, moms carrying breast milk for baby and alt girls with their nipple rings.
Today it was a vibrating electric toothbrush that had authorities freaked out. The Los Angeles Times reports:
Workers were loading baggage onto a flight at Gate 26 in Terminal 2 when they noticed an object vibrating, said LAX spokeswoman Mary Grady. Airport police responded to the reports about 11:25 a.m., LAX police Sgt. Belinda Nettles said.
No evacuations were ordered, but the area around the gate was cleared so officials could investigate.
