Strange and Unusual
Flight Attendant Spills Horrifying Protocol For Passengers Who Die In Flight
You’ve heard of Snakes on a Plane, but what about Found Dead on a Plane? A TikTok-er named Sheenie is a part of a main cabin flight crew for a commercial airline. She shares her experiences and answers some FAQs on the social platform about what it’s like to work as an air hostess.
Recently someone asked her what the protocol is if a passenger, sadly, dies while the plane is in flight? The answer is a bit disturbing if it’s true. Her explanation has “horrified” over two million followers and then some.
You would think that if someone expires while the plane is en route, the captain would decide to immediately take action and make an emergency landing at the nearest airport — if not just for the sanity of the other travelers! But that’s not what happens according to Sheenie. In fact, if you can believe it, it’s the extreme opposite.
She explains that if a person is suspected to have passed away in their seat, naturally the crew is going to check for vitals. “So if somebody is already incapacitated, they’re laying in their seat and you know they’re dead and everyone around them is like ‘they’re dead’, we’re obviously going to check for a pulse and all that,” she explains.
“However,” and this is where it gets rough, “if it’s clear that the passenger has died, “there’s literally nothing we can do about it, we can’t start like CPR and stuff, we are just going to, erm, wait until we get to our final destination…. yeah.”
In case you miss the subtext there, Sheenie drives the point home: “So we’re going to keep that dead body wherever they are at.”
In an effort to lessen the trauma and disturbance of other passengers, if there is enough room in the back of the plane, according to Sheenie, the crew will move them there and cover them with a blanket, otherwise the body remains in their ticketed seat.
Someone in the thread asked the most pertinent question: “What if someone is sitting next to the dead body?”
Sheenie’s response: “Then they’re sitting next to a dead body.”
“After we get to the ground,” she continues, “we will de-plane all the people and then medical professionals will meet the plane to get the body off the plane and we will call their next of kin to tell them ‘I’m sorry, but your loved one has passed’.”
Source: The Mirror
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Header image is from the movie Flight 7500(2014)
Strange and Unusual
Real Space Egg Hatches, Causing Viral Internet Chaos
Project Hail Mary is actually a documentary? We wish. But the internet got a little something to tease the idea when pictures of a space egg went viral, showing tendrils emerging from its cracks. Where’s Tom Cruise?
Actually, it’s not War of the Worlds. The egg is actually an experiment in agriculture being conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). In an X post (see below) apparantly a lot of people didn’t read the caption at first and thought the photo was some kind of extra-terrestrial being. Ironically, it’s one of the most terrestrial beings; it’s a potato.
“This is an early purple potato, complete with spot of hook Velcro to anchor it in my improvised grow light terrarium,” NASA astronaut and scientist Don Pettitt explained. “I flew potatoes on Expedition 72 for my space garden, an activity I did in my off-duty time.”
The spud is a personal project Pettitt is working on aboard the ISS.
“How did it compare to growing potatoes on earth?” asked someone in the feed. “Does the potato know how to send the plant above the soil and the roots/tuber down into the soil in microgravity?”
Pettit’s answer: “The roots would grow in all directions absent gravity, and all plants I have ever grown in space have grown far slower than they would have on Earth. I have more pictures I will share later.”
So, although a space egg that looks like the one from the poster for Alien isn’t as nefarious as some think, it’s still interesting because in space, the reason they can’t hear you scream might be because you’re eating a loaded baked potato.
Spudnik-1, an orbiting potato on @Space_Station!
— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) March 20, 2026
I flew potatoes on Expedition 72 for my space garden, an activity I did in my off-duty time. This is an early purple potato, complete with spot of hook Velcro to anchor it in my improvised grow light terrarium.
Potatoes are one… pic.twitter.com/MXsoV20vJ8
Strange and Unusual
Children Uncover Human Remains; Fifth Find This Month
Children in Dijon, France, have become unexpected archeologists after they found a human skeleton buried in the dirt near a playground. Even stranger, the skeletons are sitting in an upright position, which has some real archeologists scratching their heads. But this isn’t an isolated incident; there have been four other such discoveries this month already.
But before you say serial killer or cold case, there might be an explanation. According to People, these skeletons could belong to a group of humans called the Gauls.
Archaeoanthropologist Annamaria Latron pointed out something interesting, “This seated position is atypical,” she said in Le Monde,
She adds: “We are more used to burials of reclining individuals, in general, on their backs, with the lower limbs extended and not bent like this.”
Reports say all of the remains are male who were between about 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-9, with well-preserved teeth and bone density that suggests intense physical activity.
“We do not have a preferred hypothesis,” Latron contends. “We’re missing the surface layer, which was above the tombs. Being an archaeologist can be a very frustrating profession.”
If you’re looking for a more sinister story about bones, you could check out the 1999 movie The Bone Collector starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.
Header photo credit: Gallic burial site in central Dijon, France. Frédéric BOURIGAULT
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“Super Lice” Are Now the Norm in Many U.S. Cities
Medical experts are claiming that some head lice have developed a resistance to over-the-counter pesticides used to treat infestations. They are being called “super lice,” and their presence is a growing concern.
Getting head lice in grade school is almost a rite of passage for some kids. But parents may want to take note, a new breed of these horrifying parasites are hard to kill.
According to Daniel Harel, CEO of Lice Busters NYC, this shift has changed how families should approach lice treatment.
“Most over-the-counter treatments fail because lice have built resistance over the years,” Harel says. “Parents often assume they applied the product wrong, but the real issue is that the lice themselves have evolved.”
The blood-sucking pests are mostly contracted through skin-to-skin contact or via shared hats or hair accessories. They latch onto hair follicles and feed on blood from the scalp, quickly laying their eggs, causing a full-blown infestation.
They inject a chemical in their saliva when they bite which causes a skin reaction making the host scratch incessantly. A head full of these monsters can create a “crawling” sensation, adding another layer to the creep factor.
Procreation is done by laying eggs, or nits, which stick to the hair shaft and hatch in about a week. They’ll mature in about another week and start the whole process over again. By the time the host realizes they’re infected, a full-blown colony has formed.
Traditionally, either a buzz haircut or a readily available and FDA-approved over-the-counter shampoo solves the problem, but thanks to evolution, regular lice have become “super lice” and don’t die even with a thorough cleaning.
Super lice are not biologically changed; it’s their tolerance to poison that has. If one louse survives the pesticide, it can transfer that gene to its offspring, creating generations of resistant bugs.
“In places like New York City, families should assume they are dealing with treatment-resistant lice,” Harel explains. “That’s simply the reality of how lice have evolved.”
The question becomes: If poison doesn’t work, how do you deal with these seemingly unstoppable vermin?
“Manual removal works because it doesn’t depend on pesticides,” Harel says. “If every louse and nit is removed from the hair, the infestation is over.”
Experts say the key is recognizing that many traditional treatments are no longer reliable and focusing on methods that eliminate lice completely.
“Parents often feel like they did something wrong when treatments fail,” Harel says. “But the reality is that the lice have changed. Once families understand that, the solution becomes much clearer.”
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