Salad dressing not Halloween costume

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Police arrested a Texas airport passenger for public intoxication after he was found sitting on a jet bridge covered in salad dressing and missing a shoe.

The 27-year-old man -- who could not explain how he came to be in such a state in Terminal B of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport -- asked police in slurred speech why he was not allowed to board his Oct. 31 American Eagle flight, The Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported Sunday.

Police said the man, who could not stand without assistance, later told them he had been drinking vodka at an airport restaurant.

The source of the dressing covering the passenger -- and airport walls -- was probably an open food box on the man's lap.

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