Negan's bat 'Lucille' from 'Walking Dead' confiscated from passenger at Atlanta airport TSA

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A Louisville Slugger baseball bat wrapped in rubber barbed wire and covered in fake blood (presumably) was confiscated by TSA officials at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The bat resembles that swung by "Walking Dead" villain Negan in both the popular TV show and comic book. Much of the show is filmed in Georgia.

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The Transportation Security Administration sets pretty tight rules for what you can do in line at one of its airport checkpoints.

You can breathe. You can blink. You can cry.*

But what you can't do, is try to bring the barb-wire wrapped bat of TV's most demented villain through the TSA screening point at the Atlanta airport.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the TSA shared the photo above showing a confiscated Louisville Slugger similar to the one used by "Walking Dead" villain Negan to bash in the skulls of Glenn and Abraham in the Season 7 premiere (oops, were we supposed to say "Spoiler Alert?" The episode has been out for more than a month: time to catch up with the rest of us).

Much of "The Walking Dead" TV show is filmed in the Atlanta area, so it's possible that the "Lucille" is an actual production prop from the show, however it's probably unlikely.

Negan's TV bat is a traditional wood-tone Slugger. The bat confiscated by TSA is black.

Photo: Gene Page/AMC, © 2016 AMC Film Holdings LLC. All Rights Reserved. A Louisville Slugger baseball bat wrapped in rubber barbed wire and...

On Saturday, TSA issued the following statement regarding passenger Lucille via it's must-follow Instagram account:

"This replica of @AMCTheWalkingDead's "Lucille" was discovered recently in a carry-on bag at Atlanta (ATL). The barbed wire is actually made from rubber and the blood is fake (we hope). However, baseball bats are prohibited from carry-on bags and must be packed in checked luggage. #TWD #Negan We're just glad Lucille wasn't thirsty."

This wasn't the first time a passenger has tried to sneak a banned item from pop culture onto a flight. In the past, the TSA also has had to confiscate "Batarangs" from the Batman series, "Mad Max" masks and assorted Ninja Turtle weaponry.

For more weird TSA finds, check out the slideshow above.

(*Editor's Note: That's not an actual TSA rule. If you didn't get that the above line – "You can breathe. You can blink. You can cry." – is a reference to Negan's pre-headbashin' soliloquy, you really need to catch up on your TV.)