A Turkish
customs official waved Emily Harris through customs at Antalya
airport—after stamping a passport identifying her as a unicorn. Mom
Nicky Harris, from Cwmbran, South Wales, said: ‘The passport
doesn’t even look real—it’s got gold teddy bears on the
front.’
A couple were left stunned after their nine-year-old daughter
managed to pass through Turkish customs officers - with a passport
identifying her as a UNICORN.
Emily Harris had taken a toy passport she had made for her toy
unicorn, Lily, on holiday with her.
And when the family passed through customs at Antalya airport to
start their one-week holiday, flustered mum
Nicky accidentally handed over the toy's passport instead of
Emily's.
But they were stunned when they later realised their mistake - and
discovered passport officials had even
STAMPED the unicorn's passport, granting it 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.
"The man even asked Emily how old she was, and she told him nine,
before he stamped it."
It was only when they got outside that Nicky realised that instead
of handing in Emily's passport, she had shown her daughter's Bear
Factory passport for a Unicorn toy called Lily Harris.
"The picture ID wasn't even of Emily, it was of a pink unicorn.
"And to make it worse, the unicorn wasn't even on holiday with
us.
"We saw the funny side, and laughed at the fact that the officer
had even stamped the passport.
"But at the same time, it's a worry to any parent, how easy it
would be to smuggle a child through customs and into another
country."
