According to major media reports, the possum was spotted by a browsing passenger on Wednesday. The passenger reported the possum to a staff member. Liam Bloomfield, an airport retail manager, said, "A passenger reported it to ...
" The staff member then called airport management to report the possum in the store. " A staff member took a video of the possum with her phone. The possum was found among kangaroo toys, with bilbies and dingoes above it and Tasmanian devils beside it.
A passenger reported it to ... one of the staff members on shift who couldn't quite believe what she was hearing.
It is unclear what attracted the possum to the toy shelf or how it got into the store. The possum grew wary of the growing attention and left the shop. Airport staff removed the possum from the airport unharmed.
It is unlikely the possum was placed there as a prank because someone would have had to put it through X-ray screening to get it into the secure departure terminal area. Bloomfield joked, "I'm imagining it saw some of the plush animals that were for sale on the shelf and it decided to make its home with those. " How long the possum spent in the store remains unknown.
She then called the (airport) management and said we've got a possum in the store.
I'm imagining it saw some of the plush animals that were for sale on the shelf and it decided to make its home with those. It wanted to blend in.