Possum found in Hobart Airport gift shop soft toy section
Liam Bloomfield, multi-site manager with Lagardere AWPL, at Hobart's airport in Cambridge, said staff members found the possum around 11.45am on Wednesday.
"We found the possum sitting within the native plush," he said.
"It looked like he was pretty comfortable with his friends there."
Mr Bloomfield said the animal "was not stressed" and appeared calm — with things becoming much less calm after the animal left the store, going on a tour of the airport.
"We had passengers here, there and everywhere, taking videos," he said.
"It was a bit of a mad rush to make sure it was safe, and no passengers were disrupted and that the possum got back home."
Mr Bloomfield said the real possum was "safely escorted" out of the terminal by Hobart Airport management.
He said how the possum got into the airport building was "a true mystery", but speculated it could be because of "redevelopment works" that are currently underway.
He described the possum's visit as a "nice little spike of happiness" during a normal day's airport business.
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