But it turned out he was struggling because he believed a demonic spirit had invaded the cabin — and, at some point during the flight, began swallowing rosary beads to ward that spirit off.

He was apprehended by airport police and taken to a hospital for “ingestion of rosary beads,” the affidavit says. Then the passenger was booked into the Chatham County jail.

(AP) — Court records say a passenger on a small regional flight to Miami attacked a flight attendant, kicked and punched the seat of the person in front of him and swallowed rosary beads as ...